Talk:Timeline of ancient history

This article is rated List-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

History High‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the subject of History on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.HistoryWikipedia:WikiProject HistoryTemplate:WikiProject Historyhistory articles High This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale. Time High‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Time, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Time on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TimeWikipedia:WikiProject TimeTemplate:WikiProject TimeTime articles High This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale. Years High‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Years, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Years on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.YearsWikipedia:WikiProject YearsTemplate:WikiProject YearsYears articles High This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale. Classical Greece and Rome High‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome, a group of contributors interested in Wikipedia's articles on classics. If you would like to join the WikiProject or learn how to contribute, please see our project page. If you need assistance from a classicist, please see our talk page.Classical Greece and RomeWikipedia:WikiProject Classical Greece and RomeTemplate:WikiProject Classical Greece and RomeClassical Greece and Rome articles High This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale. Anthropology: Oral tradition This article is within the scope of WikiProject Anthropology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Anthropology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.AnthropologyWikipedia:WikiProject AnthropologyTemplate:WikiProject AnthropologyAnthropology articles ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale. This article is supported by Oral tradition taskforce.

1400 BC is listed as being the date of the first ever song. I assume this means the first surviving record of a song set to music, I believe the Hymn to Enlil dates to the 3rd Millennium BC. Could someone clarify this and specify what song? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WTDecker (talk • contribs) 16:36, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, did some research and updated with a link to Hurrian songs W.T. Decker (talk) 11:46, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please state a reason ... J. D. Redding

• Oppose. Timelines are needed and perfectly acceptable as separate articles. see List of timelines ... J. D. Redding

Any article which uses as references for this something from 1870 and a non-academic web page to say what academics think is not off to a good start.--Doug Weller (talk) 07:29, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What does 'kya' mean? Why is it used here, and in other ancient-history related articles, without anyone bothering to note what it means? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.160.5.25 (talk) 20:01, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

kiloyears ago. see Mya (unit), i don't know how appropriate it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.156.153.59 (talk) 12:15, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the "Brief ancient chronology," which is replicated on other pages about ancient history on Wikipedia, there's something in there about the Mississipian culture forming at 1100 BCE. Someone made a huge mistake there, because it existed around 800 CE to 1500 CE, not BCE. A simple visit to its article will convince the readers that it ended right around when European explorers started showing up in North America.

I would fix it myself, but I can't figure out how to edit that little module. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.66.139.65 (talk) 08:13, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chronology says Euclid's Elements completed c. 500 BC. See page on Euclid's Elements - a more reasonable date would be c. 300 BC. heloo24.161.93.199 (talk) 20:10, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"24: The temple of Jerusalem reconstructed.". If this is referring to Herod the Great's expansions, isn't the date wrong since he died in 4 BCE?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple

"Flavius Josephus records that Herod the Great completely rebuilt the Temple in 20-18 BCE, even going so far as to replace the foundation stones and to smooth off the surface of the Temple Mount. This Temple became known as Herod's Temple."

I don't feel comfortable making the change, because I'm not that knowledgeable on the subject, but I do believe the date of 24 CE is incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.249.117.169 (talk) 14:58, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Some troll decided to edit the page into something stupid ex. the first dynasty of germany. Somebody please fix it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.24.10.135 (talk) 11:19, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's not clear what's going on in the second paragraph. Could someone rephrase this?

"The Bronze Age was the period in human practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles, although this was not always the case." Hilty7 (talk) 17:22, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Mammoth did not go extinct in 2500 B.C . That's crazy talk. Even the Mammoth Wikipedia article disagrees with this date. 2600:1003:B85B:7F0A:D821:C0B:32D5:26FE (talk) 17:01, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The mammoth article says 2000 BC. Serendi^podous 17:57, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm curious to know why there has been push back on this and some other articles from the use of the Holocene Calendar in addition to traditional dating systems.

From an academic standpoint the HE dating system makes more sense as it shows the proper flow of history from the beginning of the Holocene Era to date and can help show the proper gulf of time between events, peoples and cultures across the world, it can be viewed as a more unifying calendar across human society as it has a fixed date not reliant on any particular religions or cultures dating systems.

To be clear I'm not advocating for a complete change of all dating on Wikipedia to the HE system, just the addition of the HE dates alongside traditional dating systems by those who wish to take the time to make the edits.

Cheers,

MRWH359 (talk) MRWH359 (talk) 19:03, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia article itself places the Iliad in the late 8th century, which is NOT 890, but rather 720 BC. That date is the one I find everywhere. Someone please change this. Maesena (talk) 01:37, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]