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Iron Age (The Israelite Period)
Iron IIC	Iron IIC	700–586
Iron IIB	Iron IIB	900-700
Iron IIA	Iron IIA	1000-900	Israelite II
Iron IB	Iron IB	1150-1000
Iron IA	Iron IA	1200-1150	Israelite I
Bronze Age (The Canaanite Period)
Late Bronze IIB	LB IIB	1300–1200	Late Canaanite/Early Israelite (early conquest theory ca. 1400 BCE)
Late Bronze IIB	LB IIA	1400-1300
Late Bronze I	LB I	1550-1400	Late Canaanite
Middle Bronze IIC	MB IIC	1650–1550
Middle Bronze IIB	MB IIB	1750–1650
Middle Bronze IIA	MB IIA	2000-1750	Middle Canaanite
Middle Bronze I & Early Bronze IV	MB I & EB IV	2200-2000	Intermediate Bronze
Early Bronze III	EB III	2700–2200
Early Bronze II	EB II	3300-2700
Early Bronze I A-B	EB IA-B	3300-3000	Early Canaanite
Stone Age (Prehistory)
Chalcolithic	Chal.	4300–3300	Chalcolithic--Ghassulian Culture
Neolithic	Neo.	8500–4300	"New Stone Age"--Yarmukian Culture (emergence of herding and agriculture)
Mesolithic	Meso.	10,500–8500	"Middle Stone Age"--Natufian Culture (hunters & gathers)
Paleolithic	Paleo.	2 million years	"Old Stone Age"--Pleistocene