Timeline

Prehistory

1,000,000–3300 B.C.

Neolithic

8300–4500 B.C.

Chalcolithic

4500–3200 B.C.

Early Bronze Age

3200–2200 B.C.

Middle Bronze Age

2200–1550 B.C.

Late Bronze Age

1550–1200 B.C.

Iron Age I

1200–1000 B.C.

Iron Age II

1000–586 B.C.

Babylonian Period

586–539 B.C.

Persian Period

539–332 B.C.

Hellenistic Period

332–141 B.C.

Hasmonean Period

141 B.C.–37 B.C.

Roman Period

37 B.C.–324 A.D.

Byzantine Period

324–638 A.D.

Arab Period

638–1516 A.D.

Crusader Period

1099–1291 A.D.

Ottoman Period

1517–1917 A.D.