8500–4300 BC Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) = c. 8500–6000 BC Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) = c. 8500–7500 BC Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) = 7500–6000 BC Pottery Neolithic: 6000–4300 BC Pottery Neolithic A (PNA) = 6000–5000 BC Pottery Neolithic B (PNB) = 5000–4300 BC Chalcolithic period: 4300–3300 BC Bronze Age: 3300-1200 BC Early Bronze (EB) Age = 3300-2300 BC Early Bronze I (EB I) = 3300–3050 BC Early Bronze II–Early Bronze III (EB II–EB III) = 3050–2300/2000 BC Middle Bronze (MB) Age = 2300/2000–1550 BC Early Bronze IV (EB IV)/Middle Bronze I (MB I) 2300–2000 BC Middle Bronze IIA (also called MB II) = 2000-1800/1750 BC Middle Bronze IIB-C III (also called MBII and III) = 1800/1750–1550 BC Late Bronze (LB) Age = 1550–1200 BC Late Bronze I (LB I) = 1550–1400 BC Late Bronze IIA–B (LB IIA–B) = 1400–1200 BC Iron Age: 1200-586 BC Iron IA = 1200–1150 BC Iron IB = 1150–1000 BC Iron IIA = 1000-925 BC Iron IIB = 925-720 BC Iron IIC = 720-586 BC Babylonian period: 586-539 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-324 AD