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Add culture Choose a civilisation Gravettian Solutrean Epigravettian Khoisan Cultures Magdalenian Jomon Culture Clovis Culture Natufian Culture Folsom Culture Hoabinhian Khiamian Culture Plano Cultures Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Mehrgarh Culture Papuan Highland Cultures Peiligang Culture Cishan Culture Ubaid Culture Cardial Ware Culture Star?evo Culture Vin?a Culture Cucuteni-Trypillia Culture Hemudu Culture Linear Pottery Culture Yangshao Culture Hongshan Culture Sumerian Civilization Funnelbeaker Culture Dawenkou Culture Uruk Culture Nubian A-Group Culture Maykop Culture Canaanite Culture Norte Chico Civilization Valdivia Culture Globular Amphora Culture Kura-Araxes Culture Afanasievo Culture Early Harappan Culture Indus Valley Civilization Liangzhu Culture Majiayao Culture San Agust�n Culture Yamnaya Culture Cycladic Culture Dilmun Civilization Elamite Civilization Greece / Greek World Ancient Egyptian Civilization Jemdet Nasr Culture Minoan Crete Modern Egyptian Culture Berber Culture Eblaite Civilization Longshan Culture Melanesian Cultures Sindhi Culture Corded Ware Culture Mari Civilization Van Lang Culture Bell Beaker Culture Catacomb Culture Mature Harappan Culture Okunev Culture Amorite Culture Assyrian Civilization Bactrian Culture Kerma Culture Magan Culture Punt Culture Torres Strait Islander Culture Nubian C-Group Culture Akkadian Empire Gojoseon Culture Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex Hurrian Culture Seima-Turbino Phenomenon Sintashta Culture Aleut Culture Andronovo Culture Luwian Culture Maya Civilization Micronesian Cultures Erlitou Culture Late Harappan Culture Babylonian Civilization Nuragic Civilization Mycenaean Greece Hittite Civilization Calima Culture Lapita Culture Olmec Civilization Shang Civilization Kassite Babylonia Mitanni Kingdom Ban Chiang Culture Basketmaker Culture Fijian Culture Lycian Culture Mixtec Culture Nok Culture Phoenician Civilization Thracian Culture Vedic Culture Ugaritic Culture Ammonite Culture Aramaean Culture Carian Culture Edomite Culture Hallstatt Culture Illyrian Culture Israelite Culture Jewish Culture Lydian Civilization Moabite Culture Phrygian Culture Sabaean Civilization Philistine Culture Kushite Civilization Zhou Civilization Chu Culture Adena Culture Ainu Culture Arab Culture Arawak Cultures Assyrian Modern Culture Baiyue Cultures Basque Culture Cimmerian Culture Dayak Cultures Dong Son Culture Ethiopian Highland Culture Finnic Cultures Georgian Culture Guarani Culture Huastec Culture Igbo Culture Italian Culture Persian Culture Polynesian Culture Sa Huynh Culture Samoan Culture Somali Culture S�mi Culture Vietnamese Culture D'mt Kingdom Judahite Culture Chav�n Culture Etruscan Civilization Scythian Culture Spartan Culture Tartessian Culture Tongan Culture Villanovan Culture Yayoi Culture Urartian Civilization Carthaginian Civilization Macedonian Kingdom Ancient Greek Civilization Greek Culture Paracas Culture Roman Kingdom Iberian Culture Zapotec Civilization Median Empire Armenian Culture Celtiberian Culture Gandharan Culture Khwarezmian Culture Lusitanian Culture Mahajanapada Culture Sao Civilization Sogdian Culture Achaemenid Persian Empire Roman Republic Classical Athens Anishinaabe Culture Aymara Culture Batak Culture Bengali Culture Carib Culture Cherokee Culture Cree Culture Dacian Culture Dorset Culture Garamantian Civilization Germanic Cultures Kurdish Culture Malay Culture Mon Culture Nepali Culture Punjabi Culture Quimbaya Culture Sinhalese Culture Visayan Culture La T�ne Culture Nabataean Civilization Hellenistic Civilization Mauryan Empire Chera Culture Chola Civilization Epi-Olmec Culture Meroitic Culture Pandya Culture Tamil Sangam Culture Parthian Empire Qin Civilization Xiongnu Confederation Han Chinese Culture Han Civilization Numidian Culture Hopewell Culture Indo-Scythian Culture Kyrgyz Culture Pyu City-States Shunga Empire Indo-Greek Kingdoms Himyarite Kingdom Nazca Culture Palmyrene Culture Satavahana Culture Teotihuacan Civilization Silla Culture Goguryeo Culture Roman Empire Baekje Culture Fremont Culture Indo-Parthian Kingdom Kushan Empire Aksumite Civilization Ancestral Pueblo Culture Classic Veracruz Culture Coptic Culture Moche Culture Champa Civilization Gothic Culture Mogollon Culture Tairona Culture Three Kingdoms China Sasanian Empire Classic Maya Culture Kofun Culture Yamato Culture Pallava Culture Frankish Culture Ghana Empire Hohokam Culture Gupta Civilization Byzantine Civilization Hunnic Culture Burgundian Culture Irish Gaelic Culture Anglo-Saxon Culture Visigothic Kingdom Ostrogothic Kingdom Breton Culture Early Slavic Culture Malagasy Culture Mapuche Culture Scottish Gaelic Culture Sinagua Culture Tiwanaku Civilization Welsh Culture G�kt�rk Khaganate Lombard Culture Dvaravati Culture Muisca Culture Tibetan Culture Totonac Culture Wari Civilization Tang Civilization Tibetan Empire Srivijaya Civilization Bulgarian Empire Venetian Culture Kanem-Bornu Empire Maghrebi Culture Patayan Culture Pueblo Peoples Rajput Culture Sundanese Culture Ta�no Culture Nara Culture Mataram Kingdom Nanzhao Kingdom Uyghur Khaganate Islamic Golden Age Culture Norse Culture Carolingian Civilization Medieval Serbian Culture Heian Culture Croatian Medieval Culture Mante�o Culture Mississippian Culture Swahili Coast Culture Khmer Civilization Bagan Civilization Kievan Rus Culture Bohemian Culture Hungarian Culture Balinese Culture Burmese Culture Chim� Civilization German Culture Persianate Culture Russian Culture Tagalog Culture Thule Culture Toltec Culture Ukrainian Culture Khitan Liao Culture Norman Culture Goryeo Culture English Culture Dali Kingdom Song Civilization Polish Culture French Culture Albanian Culture Fort Ancient Culture Hausa City-States Hawaiian Culture Ife Culture Ifugao Culture Inuit Culture Shona Culture Spanish Culture Tuareg Culture Yoruba Culture Genoese Culture Seljuk Culture Tangut Xia Culture Cahokia Culture Turkish Culture Mapungubwe Culture Great Zimbabwe Culture Haudenosaunee Culture Ryukyuan Culture Jurchen Jin Culture Casas Grandes Culture Portuguese Culture Salado Culture Benin Kingdom Kamakura Culture Blackfoot Culture Bugis-Makassar Culture Inca Civilization Quechua Culture Rapa Nui Culture Thai Culture Delhi Sultanate Mongol Empire Mali Empire Sukhothai Culture M?ori Culture Yuan Civilization Swiss Culture Majapahit Civilization Ottoman Civilization Buganda Kingdom Florentine Renaissance Culture Lao Culture Oyo Empire Pur�pecha Civilization Mexica Civilization Muromachi Culture Ayutthaya Civilization Lan Xang Kingdom Bruneian Sultanate Ming Civilization Timurid Civilization Kongo Kingdom Joseon Culture Apache Culture Kazakh Culture Malacca Sultanate Uzbek Culture Mutapa Kingdom Songhai Empire Acehnese Culture Afro-Caribbean Culture Brazilian Culture Dutch Culture Maasai Culture Navajo Culture Oromo Culture Rwandan Kingdom Sikh Culture Xhosa Culture Mexican Culture Mughal Civilization Andean Colonial Culture Merina Kingdom Filipino Culture Luba Kingdom African American Culture Dahomey Kingdom Lakota Culture Manchu Culture Edo Culture Québécois Culture Qing Civilization Lunda Kingdom Ashanti Empire Maratha Culture Comanche Culture Modern British Culture Cajun Culture Australian Settler Culture Zulu Kingdom New Zealand Pākehā Culture Modern Japanese Culture Modern Korean Culture Modern Chinese Culture Indonesian Culture Modern Indian Culture Showing 8 of 12 comparable culture lanes.
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10000 BCE 5000 BCE 1 BCE Homo sapiens baseline Palaeolithic human world Neolithic transitions First cities and states Bronze Age world Aboriginal Australian Cultures Human Timeline Oldowan Acheulean Mousterian Aterian Stillbay Culture Aboriginal Australian Cultures Howiesons Poort Aurignacian
c. 300,000 BCE-present medium 1 source
Homo sapiens baseline A species-level reference line for anatomically modern humans, used as the broad ruler above culture-specific timelines.
Uses astronomical year numbering in the database: 300,000 BCE is stored as -299999.
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