303 sítios
Linha do tempo interativa mapeada para sítios
Percorra 12.000 anos de civilizações antigas — eras e impérios ancorados em 303 sítios escavados com datas, mapas e classificações de evidências.
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Eras históricas
Passe o mouse sobre a linha do tempo para percorrer o tempo — as faixas densas mostram eras sobrepostas. Mude para Catálogo para uma lista legível.
12k a.C. — 1500 d.C.
Roman
31 a.C. – 476 d.C.
116 sítios arqueológicos no atlas estão ligados a este período — de assentamentos e templos a fortalezas e monumentos.
Sítios
116
Duração
507 anos
Densidade
228.8
sítios / 1k anos
Eras históricas
Prehistoric
3000000 a.C. – 3300 a.C.
3 sítios
Paleolithic
3000000 a.C. – 10000 a.C.
14 sítios
Mesolithic
10000 a.C. – 7000 a.C.
4 sítios
Neolithic
10000 a.C. – 3000 a.C.
29 sítios
Chalcolithic
5000 a.C. – 3000 a.C.
12 sítios
Bronze Age
3300 a.C. – 1200 a.C.
53 sítios
Iron Age
1200 a.C. – 550 a.C.
56 sítios
Classical
800 a.C. – 323 a.C.
111 sítios
Hellenistic
323 a.C. – 31 a.C.
94 sítios
Roman
31 a.C. – 476 d.C.
116 sítios
Late Antique
200 d.C. – 700 d.C.
54 sítios
Early Medieval
500 d.C. – 1000 d.C.
42 sítios
Byzantine
330 d.C. – 1453 d.C.
45 sítios
High Medieval
1000 d.C. – 1500 d.C.
31 sítios
Medieval
500 d.C. – 1500 d.C.
55 sítios
Ottoman
1299 d.C. – 1922 d.C.
3 sítios
Early Modern
1500 d.C. – 1800 d.C.
18 sítios
Pre-Columbian
2000 a.C. – 1500 d.C.
43 sítios
Dynastic Egypt
3100 a.C. – 332 a.C.
11 sítios
Imperial China
221 a.C. – 1912 d.C.
9 sítios
Civilizações
Roman
92 sítios
Greek
64 sítios
Byzantine
46 sítios
Ancient Egyptian
13 sítios
Pre-Pottery Neolithic
10 sítios
Lycian
10 sítios
Maya
9 sítios
Ottoman
8 sítios
Hittite
8 sítios
Mauryan
8 sítios
Inca
8 sítios
Carthaginian / Phoenician
7 sítios
Canaanite
7 sítios
Megalithic European
7 sítios
Islamic / Medieval
7 sítios
Early Christian
6 sítios
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.