The Iron Age of Canaan

Chronological Chart

Taken from: Tubb, Jonathan N. Canaanites.

Pre-Pottery Neolithic A    8500

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B    7200

Pottery Neolithic A    6000

Pottery Neolithic A    5000

Chalcolithic (Ghassulian)    4500

Proto-Urban A-B    3300

Early Bronze I    3100

Early Bronze II    2900

Early Bronze III    2650

Early Bronze IVA-C    2400

(Middle Bronze I started in the middle of Early Bronze IV period)

Middle Bronze IIA    2000

Middle Bronze IIB-C    1750

Late Bronze IA    1550

Late Bronze IB    1450

Late Bronze IIA    1400

Late Bronze IIB    1300

Late Bronze III/Iron IA    1250/1200

Iron IB    1150

Iron IC    1000

Iron IIA    925

Iron IIB    722

Iron III    722

Iron III (Neo-Babylonian)    586

Early Persian    539

Late Persian    450

Early Hellenistic    332

Late Hellenistic    200

Early Roman    63 BCE

Middle Roman    135 CE

Late Roman    250-363 CE

The dividing of ancient history into chronological periods is the product of modern scholarship. The division between the Bronze and Iron Age marks a significant technological innovation, namely the adoption of iron working, which over time replaced bronze as the most popular metal for tools, weapons and armor.