Main Archaeological/Historical Periods
Relating to the Christian Bible

Name

Dates

Neolithic

8500 BCE -4300

Chalcolithic

4300-3300

Early Bronze I

3300-3050

Early Bronze II

3050-2700

Early Bronze III

2700-2300

Middle Bronze I

2300-2000

(Early Bronze 4)

...

Middle Bronze IIA

2000-1800

Middle Bronze IIB-C

1800-1550

Late Bronze

1550-1200

Iron Age I
Israelite Settlement

1200-1000

Iron Age IIA
United Monarchy

1000-925

Iron Age IIB-C
Divided Monarchy

925-586

Exile in Babylon

586-537

Persian

537-332

Hellenistic I

332-152

Hellenistic II
Hasmonean Period

152-63

Early Roman

63 BCE-70 CE

Roman

70 –324

Early Byzantine

323-450

Middle Byzantine

450-550

Late Byzantine

550-632

Islamic Conquest
Orthodox Caliphate

632-661

Umayyad Caliphate

661-750