Paleolithic 1,500,000 - 18,500 BP

Epipaleolithic 18,500 - 12,300 BP

Natufian 10,300 - 8500 BCE

Neolithic

    Pre-pottery 8500 - 6000

    Pottery 6000 - 4500

Chalcolithic 4500 - 3600

Bronze Age/Canaanite Period    

    Early IA 36000 - 3150

    IB 3150 - 3000

    II 3000 - 2750

    III 2750 - 2300

    IV 2300 - 2000

    Middle I 2000 - 1800

    II 1800 - 1650

    III 1650 - 1500

    Late I 1500 - 1375

    II 1375 - 1200

Iron Age/Israelite Period

    IA 1200 - 1125

    IB 1125 - 1020

    IC 1020 - 926

    IIA 926 - 814

    IIB 814 - 721

    IIC 721 - 586

Babylonian and Persian 586 - 332

Early Hellenistic 332 - 198

Late Hellenistic 198 - 63 BCE

Herodian/Early Roman 65 BCE - CE 70

Late Roman 70 - 324

Byzantine 324 - 640   

Early Islamic Period

    Umayyad Caliphate     661 - 750

    Abbasid Caliphate       750 - 1258

    Fatimid Caliphate         910 - 1171

Crusaders                       1099 – 1291

Late Islamic Period

    Ayyubid Dynasty         1169 - 1252

    Mamlük Empire           1258 - 1516

    Ottoman Empire          1516 - 1917

British Mandate 1922 - 1948

Israel 1948 - present

Palestinian National Autonomy 1993 - present