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Archaeological Periods for Syria-Palestine
These date are approximate. Scholars disagree about such dates, which are constantly being refined with continuing discoveries of new archaeological evidence.
Paleolithic: 700,000--14,000 BC
Epipaleolithic: 14,000--8000 BC
Neolithic: 8000--4200 BC
Chalcolithic: 4200--3300 BC
Early Bronze(EB) Age 3300--2100 BC
EB I: 3300--2850 BC
EB II: 2850--2650 BC
EB III: 2650--2350 BC
EB IV: 2350--2100 BC
Middle Bronze(MB) Age 2100--1550 BC
MB I: 2100--1950 BC
MB IIA: 1950--1750 BC
MB IIB: 1750--1650 BC
MB IIC: 1650--1550 BC
Late Bronze(LB) Age 1550--1200 BC
LB I: 1550--1400 BC
LB II: 1400--1300 BC
LB III: 1300--1200 BC
Iron Age 1200--539 BC
Iron I: 1200--900 BC
Iron II: 900--721 BC
Iron IIB: 721--606 BC
Iron IIC: 606--539 BC
Persian Period 539--332 BC
Hellenistic Period 332--63 BC
Early Hellenistic: 332--198 BC
Late Hellenistic: 198--63 BC
Roman Period 63 BC--AD 324
Early Roman: 63 BC--AD 135
Late Roman: AD 135--324
Byzantine Period AD 324--640
Early Byzantine: AD 324--491
Late Byzantine: AD 491--640
Early Islamic Period 640--1174 CE
Umayyad: 661--750 CE
Abbasid: 750--878 CE
Fatamid: 969--1174 CE
Crusades 1099--1291 CE
Late Islamic Period 1174--1918 CE
Ayyubid: 1174--1250 CE
Mamluk: 1250--1516 CE
Ottoman: 1516--1918 CE | |