303 sites
Chronologie interactive associée aux sites
Parcourez 12 000 ans de civilisations anciennes — époques et empires ancrés à 303 sites fouillés avec dates, cartes et évaluations des preuves.
Atlas Anatolia
Époques historiques
Survolez la chronologie pour parcourir le temps — les voies denses montrent des époques qui se chevauchent. Passez au Catalogue pour une liste lisible.
12k av. J.-C. — 1500 apr. J.-C.
Roman
31 av. J.-C. – 476 apr. J.-C.
116 sites archéologiques de l'atlas sont liés à cette période — des établissements et temples aux forteresses et monuments.
Sites
116
Durée
507 ans
Densité
228.8
sites / 1k ans
Époques historiques
Prehistoric
3000000 av. J.-C. – 3300 av. J.-C.
3 sites
Paleolithic
3000000 av. J.-C. – 10000 av. J.-C.
14 sites
Mesolithic
10000 av. J.-C. – 7000 av. J.-C.
4 sites
Neolithic
10000 av. J.-C. – 3000 av. J.-C.
29 sites
Chalcolithic
5000 av. J.-C. – 3000 av. J.-C.
12 sites
Bronze Age
3300 av. J.-C. – 1200 av. J.-C.
53 sites
Iron Age
1200 av. J.-C. – 550 av. J.-C.
56 sites
Classical
800 av. J.-C. – 323 av. J.-C.
111 sites
Hellenistic
323 av. J.-C. – 31 av. J.-C.
94 sites
Roman
31 av. J.-C. – 476 apr. J.-C.
116 sites
Late Antique
200 apr. J.-C. – 700 apr. J.-C.
54 sites
Early Medieval
500 apr. J.-C. – 1000 apr. J.-C.
42 sites
Byzantine
330 apr. J.-C. – 1453 apr. J.-C.
45 sites
High Medieval
1000 apr. J.-C. – 1500 apr. J.-C.
31 sites
Medieval
500 apr. J.-C. – 1500 apr. J.-C.
55 sites
Ottoman
1299 apr. J.-C. – 1922 apr. J.-C.
3 sites
Early Modern
1500 apr. J.-C. – 1800 apr. J.-C.
18 sites
Pre-Columbian
2000 av. J.-C. – 1500 apr. J.-C.
43 sites
Dynastic Egypt
3100 av. J.-C. – 332 av. J.-C.
11 sites
Imperial China
221 av. J.-C. – 1912 apr. J.-C.
9 sites
Civilisations
How to read this ancient civilizations timeline
An ancient civilizations timeline is a chronological map of complex societies — when they emerge, overlap, and fade — anchored here to excavated sites rather than textbook cartoons. Scrub the axis, open an era, then a civilization page. Wikipedia’s lists are encyclopedias; this page is a working atlas: dates jump to real coordinates, evidence grades, and a compare tool.
Compare civilizations on the map
Göbekli Tepe vs Stonehenge
Pre-Pottery Neolithic T-pillars against a later British stone circle — dating contrast, not sameness.
Egypt and Sumer
Two early urban worlds on different rivers; open civilization timelines for Egypt and Sumer beside the compare set.
Greece and Rome
Sanctuary and amphitheatre as civic machines — then jump to each civilization’s full site list.
Khmer and Maya
Two tropical urban traditions now both reshaped by LiDAR. Start at Angkor Wat, then the Maya timeline.
Related hubs
Ancient civilizations timeline FAQ
What is an ancient civilizations timeline?
An ancient civilizations timeline orders complex societies by date — Sumer, Egypt, the Indus, China, Mesoamerica, the Andes — so you can see overlap instead of a single “torch” passed around the Mediterranean. Atlas Anatolia’s timeline is interactive and anchored to 303 excavated sites.
Which civilization is usually considered the oldest?
Sumerian city life in southern Mesopotamia is the usual textbook start, with Uruk urban by the late fourth millennium BCE. Caral in Peru and early Indus cities reach comparable complexity within a few centuries. “Oldest” depends on whether you require writing, cities, or monuments.
Why is the Atlas timeline better than a static chart?
A static chart cannot open a site dossier. Here each era and civilization links to mapped places with evidence ratings, then to a compare tool. The companion essay “The Complete Timeline of Ancient Civilizations” is the narrative; this page is the working index.
Can I compare two civilizations side by side?
Yes. Use atlasanatolia.com/compare with any published sites — presets on this page include Göbekli Tepe vs Stonehenge, Egypt and Sumer, Greece and Rome, and Angkor with Tikal. Civilization pages also offer a compare set when two well-known sites exist.