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Ages, divisions, sub-divisions, and stages edit

Century Age (geology) Age (archaeology) Division Sub-division Stage Period Culture Style
100th century BCE Late Pleistocene Stone Age Neolithic Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) PPNA 1
99th century BCE
98th century BCE
97th century BCE Greenlandian
96th century BCE
95th century BCE 2
94th century BCE
93rd century BCE
92nd century BCE
91st century BCE
90th century BCE
89th century BCE
88th century BCE Early PPNB 3
87th century BCE
86th century BCE
85th century BCE
84th century BCE
83rd century BCE Middle PPNB
82nd century BCE
81st century BCE
80th century BCE
79th century BCE
78th century BCE
77th century BCE
76th century BCE
75th century BCE Late PPNB 4
74th century BCE
73rd century BCE
72nd century BCE
71st century BCE
70th century BCE
69th century BCE
68th century BCE
67th century BCE
66th century BCE
65th century BCE PPNC 5 Ubaid 0
64th century BCE Pottery Neolithic (PN) PNA 6
63rd century BCE
62nd century BCE Northgrippian
61st century BCE
60th century BCE
59th century BCE
58th century BCE
57th century BCE
56th century BCE
55th century BCE 1
54th century BCE
53rd century BCE
52nd century BCE
51st century BCE
50th century BCE Copper Age Early Chalcolithic
49th century BCE
48th century BCE 7 2
PNB 8 3
47th century BCE 9 4
46th century BCE
45th century BCE Late Chalcolithic (LC) LC 1
44th century BCE
43rd century BCE
42nd century BCE LC 2 5
41st century BCE
40th century BCE
39th century BCE
38th century BCE LC 3
37th century BCE Uruk period
36th century BCE LC 4
35th century BCE
34th century BCE Æneolithic LC 5
33rd century BCE Bronze Age Early Bronze Age (EBA) EBA I
32nd century BCE
31st century BCE Jemdet Nasr period
30th century BCE EBA II
29th century BCE Early Dynastic period (ED) Early ED EDI
28th century BCE
27th century BCE EBA III EDII
26th century BCE Late ED EDIIIa
25th century BCE
24th century BCE EDIIIb
23rd century BCE Meghalayan Akkadian period (OAkk)
22nd century BCE EBA IV Gutian period
21st century BCE Middle Bronze Age (MBA) MBA I Ur III period
20th century BCE MBA II MBA II A Old Elamite period
19th century BCE Isin-Larsa period
18th century BCE MBA II B Old Assyrian period (OA)
17th century BCE Old Babylonian period (OB)
16th century BCE MBA II C Old Hittite period
15th century BCE Late Bronze Age (LBA) LBA I Middle Hittite period
14th century BCE LBA II LBA II A Amarna period
13th century BCE LBA II B Middle Assyrian period
12th century BCE Late Bronze Age collapse Iron Age I (IA I) IA I A Middle Elamite period
11th century BCE Iron Age (IA) IA I B
10th century BCE IA II IA II A Neo-Elamite period
9th century BCE IA II B Middle Babylonian period
8th century BCE Neo-Assyrian period
7th century BCE IA II C Iranian imperial period
6th century BCE Neo-Babylonian period
5th century BCE Ancient Age Classical Age Axial Age Axial antiquity Achaemenid period
4th century BCE Hellenistic period
3rd century BCE Parthian period
2nd century BCE Classical antiquity
1st century BCE Parthian Dark Age Roman period
1st century CE Classical antiquity Roman imperial period
2nd century CE
3rd century CE Classical Age Late antiquity Sassanid period
4th century CE
5th century CE Early Middle Ages
6th century CE Post-classical Age Late Antique Little Ice Age
7th century CE Byzantine Dark Ages
8th century CE Islamic Golden Age

Cultures, traditions and sub-traditions edit

Cultures, traditions, sub-traditions, phases, periods, and styles of ancient Iraq edit

Century BCE Upper Tigris basin Upper Zab basin Lower Zab basin Middle Tigris basin ʿAdhaim basin Diyala basin Middle Euphrates basin Mesopotamian lowlands
65th Proto-Hassuna Oueili style
64th
63rd Hassuna Samarra
62nd
61st Halaf Hassuna
60th
59th Samarra
58th Ubaid 0 style
57th
56th
55th Halaf-Ubaid transitional Early Ubaid phase Ubaid 1 style
54th Ubaid 3 style
53rd Northern Ubaid sub-tradition Eridu style
52nd Southern Ubaid sub-tradition
51st
50th
49th
48th
47th
46th
45th
44th
43rd Northern Uruk
42nd
41st
40th
39th
38th Southern Uruk
37th
36th
35th
34th
33rd
32nd

Cultures, traditions and sub-traditions of ancient Iran edit

Century BCE Lower Zab basin Middle Tigris basin Diyala basin Karkheh basin Marun basin Mesopotamian lowlands Shatt al-Arab Karun basin
60th Zayandeh?
59th
58th
57th
56th
55th
54th
53rd
52nd
51st
50th Ubaid
49th
48th
47th
46th
45th
44th Ubaid Susa I
43rd
42nd
41st
40th Helmand?
39th
38th Uruk Susa II
37th
36th
35th
34th Banesh
33rd
32nd Susa III
31st Proto-Elamite
30th
29th
28th
27th
26th
25th Jiroft?

Periodization edit

Periodization of ancient Mesopotamia edit

Century BCE Upper Mesopotamia Khabur basin Upper Tigris basin Middle Euphrates basin Diyala basin Lower Mesopotamia Karkheh basin Karun basin
32nd Early Jezirah 0 (EJ0) Ninevite IV Uruk Proto-Elamite
31st Jemdet Nasr
30th
29th Early Jezirah I (EJI) Ninevite V EDI
28th
27th Early Jezirah II (EJII) EDII Old Elamite
26th Early Jezirah III (EJIII) EDIIIa
25th EDIIIb
24th Early Jezirah IV (EJIV) Old Akkadian (OAkk)
23rd
22nd Gutian (Guti)
21st Early Jezirah V (EJV) Third dynasty of Ur (Ur III)
20th Old Assyrian Isin-Larsa
19th
18th
17th Old Babylonian (OB)
16th
15th Middle Elamite
14th Middle Assyrian
13th
12th Middle Babylonian
11th Neo-Elamite
10th Neo-Assyrian
9th
8th
7th Neo-Babylonian
6th
5th
4th
3rd
2nd
1st

Periodization of ancient Iraq edit

Century BCE Upper Tigris basin Upper Zab basin Lower Zab basin Middle Tigris basin ʿAdhaim basin Diyala basin Middle Euphrates basin Mesopotamian Marshes
65th Proto-Hassuna period Ubaid period
64th
63rd Hassuna period Samarra period
62nd
61st Halaf period Hassuna period
60th
59th
58th
57th
56th
55th Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period
54th
53rd Ubaid period
52nd
51st
50th
49th
48th
47th
46th
45th
44th
43rd
42nd
41st
40th
39th
38th Uruk period
37th
36th
35th
34th
33rd
32nd
31st Jemdet Nasr period
30th
29th Ninevite 5 period Early Dynastic I period
28th
27th Early Dynastic II period
26th Early Assyrian period Early Dynastic IIIa period
25th Early Dynastic IIIb period
24th Akkadian period
23rd
22nd Gutian period
21st Old Assyrian period Ur III period
20th Isin-Larsa period
19th
18th
17th Old Babylonian period
16th
15th
14th Middle Assyrian period
13th
12th Middle Babylonian period
11th
10th Neo-Assyrian period
9th
8th
7th Neo-Babylonian period
6th
5th Achaemenid period
4th
3rd Hellenistic period
2nd
1st Roman period

Periodization of ancient Iran edit

Century BCE Lower Zab basin Middle Tigris basin Diyala basin Karkheh basin Marun basin Mesopotamian lowlands Shatt al-Arab Karun basin
50th Ubaid period
49th
48th
47th
46th
45th
44th Ubaid period Susa I period
43rd
42nd
41st
40th
39th
38th Uruk period Susa II period
37th
36th
35th
34th Banesh period
33rd
32nd Susa III period
31st Proto-Elamite period
30th
29th
28th
27th
26th
25th
24th Old Elamite period
23rd
22nd
21st
20th
19th
18th
17th
16th
15th Middle Elamite period
14th
13th
12th
11th Neo-Elamite period
10th
9th
8th
7th
6th
5th Imperial period
4th
3rd
2nd
1st

Phases edit

Ubaid edit

Division Subdivision Stage Period Culture Phase Style
Neolithic PPN PNA 5 Ubaid 0
6
Early Ubaid I
7 Middle Ubaid II
PNB 8 III
Chalcolithic Early Chalcolithic 9 Late Ubaid IV
Terminal Ubaid V

Draft edit

Century BCE Age Stage Period Phase Style Level (Eridu/Eabzu) Level (Uruk/Eanna)
65th Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) PPNC 5 Ubaid 0 Oueili
64th Pottery Neolithic (PN) PNA 6
63rd
62nd
61st
60th
59th
58th
57th
56th
55th Early Ubaid Eridu XVIII
54th XVIII
53rd XVII
52nd XV
51st XIV
50th Early Chalcolithic XIII XIX
49th XII
48th 7 Hadji Muhammed XI
PNB 8 Tell al‐Ubaid
47th 9 Late Ubaid X XVIII
46th
45th Late Chalcolithic (LC) LC 1 IX
44th
43rd VIII
42nd LC 2 Terminal Ubaid Ubaid V VII XVII
XVI
41st XV
XIV
XIII
40th VI XII
XI
39th X
38th LC 3 V IX

Uruk edit

Division Subdivision Stage Period Culture Phase
Chalcolithic Late Chalcolithic LC 1 9 Ubaid Early Uruk
LC 2 Uruk Old Uruk
LC 3 Middle Uruk
LC 4 Uruk period Late Uruk
LC 5 Jemdet Nasr period Final Uruk

Levels edit

Eridu/Eabzu edit

Millennium Age Stage Period Culture Phase Style Level Century
6th New Stone Age PNA 6 Ubaid Eridu 1 XVIII 55th
XVII 54th
XVI 53rd
XV 52nd
XIV 51st
5th XIII 50th
XII 49th
7 Hadji Muhammed 2 XI 48th
PNB 8 Ubaid 3 X 47th
46th
LC 1 9 Late Ubaid 4 IX 45th
44th
VIII 43rd
LC 2 Ubaid V VII 42nd
41st
4th Uruk Early Uruk VI 40th
Old Uruk 39th
LC 3 Middle Uruk V 38th
IV 37th
LC 4 III 36th
Late Uruk II 35th
LC 5 34th
EBA 33rd
I 32nd
Jemdet Nasr 31st
3rd EBA II Final Uruk 30th

Uruk/Eanna edit

Millennium BCE Age Stage Period Culture Phase Style Level Century BCE
5th New Stone Age PNA 6 Ubaid Eridu 1 XIX 50th
49th
7 Hadji Muhammed 2 48th
PNB 8 Ubaid 3
9 Late Ubaid 4 XVIII 47th
46th
LC 1 45th
44th
43rd
LC 2 Ubaid V XVII 42nd
Early Uruk XVI
XV 41st
Uruk XIV
XIII
4th Old Uruk XII 40th
XI
X 39th
LC 3 Middle Uruk IX 38th
VIII 37th
LC 4 VII 36th
VI
V
35th
LC 5 Late Uruk IV 34th
Early Bronze Age (EBA) 33rd
III 32nd
Jemdet Nasr 31st
3rd Final Uruk II 30th
EBA II I

Ethnicities, races, peoples, and/or cultures edit

Century BCE Levant Greater Syria Assyria Upper Mesopotamia Central Mesopotamia Lower Mesopotamia Western Iran
65th Ubaidians?
64th
63rd Samarrans?
62nd
61st Halafians?
60th
59th
58th
57th
56th
55th
54th
53th Proto-Euphrateans?
52th
51st
50th
49th
48th
47th
46th
45th
44th
43th Urukians?
42th
41th
40th Proto-Semites?
39th
38th
37th Proto-Elamites?
36th
35th Semites?
34th Northwest Semites? East Semites?
33rd Semites? Sumerians
32nd
31st Eblaites?
30th
29th Mariotes?
28th
27th Subarians? Kishites? Elamites
26th
25th West Semites?
24th Akkadians
23rd
22nd
21st Suteans? Amorites
20th
19th
18th Hurrians Assyrians Babylonians
17th Hattians
16th Hittites
15th Kassites
14th
13th
12th
11th Syro-Hittites
10th
9th
8th
7th Chaldaeans Medians
6th
5th Persians
4th
3rd Greeks
2nd
1st Romans Parthians

Ethnicities, races, peoples, and/or cultures of ancient Iraq edit

Century BCE Upper Tigris basin Upper Zab basin Lower Zab basin Middle Tigris basin ʿAdhaim basin Diyala basin Middle Euphrates basin Mesopotamian Marshes
65th Ubaidians?
64th
63rd Samarrans?
62nd
61st Halafians?
60th
59th
58th
57th
56th
55th
54th
53rd Proto-Euphrateans?
52nd
51st
50th
49th
48th
47th
46th
45th
44th
43rd Urukians?
42nd
41st
40th
39th
38th
37th
36th
35th
34th
33rd Semites? Sumerians
32nd
31st Subarians? Kishites?
30th
29th
28th
27th
26th Assyrians
25th
24th Akkadians
23rd
22nd
21st Amorites
20th
19th Babylonians
18th
17th
16th
15th
14th
13th
12th
11th
10th
9th
8th
7th
6th
5th
4th
3rd
2nd
1st

Languages edit

Century BCE Levant Greater Syria Assyria Upper Mesopotamia Central Mesopotamia Lower Mesopotamia Western Iran
53th Proto-Euphratean?
52th
51st
50th
49th
48th
47th
46th
45th
44th
43th
42th
41th
40th
39th
38th Proto-Semitic languages?
37th Proto-Elamite?
36th
35th
34th Euphratic?
33rd Semitic languages?
32nd Northwest Semitic languages? East Semitic languages?
31st Eblaite? Semitic languages? Sumerian
30th
29th Mariotic? Subarean? Kishite? Elamite
28th
27th
26th
25th West Semitic languages?
24th Akkadian
23rd
22nd
21st Sutean? Amorite
20th
19th
18th Hurrian Assyrian Babylonian
17th Hattic
16th Hittite
15th Kassite
14th
13th
12th
11th Phoenician
10th Luwian
9th Old Aramaic
8th Imperial Aramaic Median
7th
6th Old Persian
5th
4th Koine Greek
3rd Parthian
2nd
1st

Civilizations edit

Century BCE Levant Greater Syria Assyria Upper Mesopotamia Central Mesopotamia Lower Mesopotamia Western Iran
55th Sumerian civilization
54th
53th
52th
51st
50th
49th
48th
47th
46th
45th
44th
43th
42th
41th
40th
39th
38th
37th
36th
35th
34th
33rd
32nd Elamite civilization
31st Kish civilization
30th
29th
28th
27th
26th
25th Phoenician civilization
24th Akkadian civilization
23rd
22nd
21st
20th
19th Assyrian civilization Babylonian civilization
18th
17th
16th
15th Egyptian Civilization
14th
13th
12th
11th
10th
9th
8th Iranian civilization
7th
6th Persian civilization
5th
4th
3rd Ancient Greek civilization
2nd
1st Roman civilization

Civilizations of ancient Iraq edit

Century BCE Upper Tigris basin Upper Zab basin Lower Zab basin ʿAdhaim basin Middle Tigris basin Diyala basin Middle Euphrates basin Mesopotamian Marshes
55th Sumerian civilization
54th
53rd
52nd
51st
50th
49th
48th
47th
46th
45th
44th
43rd
42nd
41st
40th
39th
38th
37th
36th
35th
34th
33rd
32nd
31st Kish civilization
30th
29th
28th
27th
26th
25th
24th Assyrian civilization Akkadian civilization
23rd
22nd
21st
20th
19th Babylonian civilization
18th
17th
16th
15th
14th
13th
12th
11th
10th
9th
8th
7th
6th
5th Persian civilization
4th
3rd Ancient Greek civilization
2nd
1st Roman civilization

Civilizations of ancient Iran edit

Empires edit

Century BCE Levant Greater Syria Assyria Upper Mesopotamia Central Mesopotamia Lower Mesopotamia Western Iran
24th Akkadian empire
23rd
22nd
21st Neo-Sumerian Empire
20th
19th Old Assyrian empire Old Babylonian Empire
18th
17th
16th Hittite empire
15th
14th Middle Assyrian empire
13th Egyptian empire Elamite Empire
12th
11th
10th Neo-Assyrian empire
9th
8th
7th Neo-Babylonian empire Median empire
6th
5th Persian empire
4th
3rd Seleucid empire
2nd
1st Roman empire Parthian empire

Dynasties edit

Dynasties of ancient Iraq edit

Century BCE Dhi Qar Muthanna Al-Qādisiyyah Wasit Babil Baghdad Diyala Kirkuk
35th Uruk period (c. 4000 – c. 3100 BCE)
Eridu Uruk I Larak Sippar Kish I
34th
33rd Kish I Hamazi
32nd
31st Jemdet Nasr period (c. 3100 – c. 2900 BCE)
Eridu Uruk I Larak Sippar Kish I Hamazi
30th Uruk I Shuruppak
29th Early Dynastic I period (c. 2900 – c. 2700 BCE)
Eridu Uruk I Shuruppak Larak Sippar Kish I Hamazi
Bad-tibira
28th Uruk I
27th Early Dynastic II period (c. 2700 – c. 2600 BCE)
Uruk I Uruk I Shuruppak Larak Sippar Kish I Hamazi
Predynastic Ur
Kalam
26th Early Dynastic IIIa period (c. 2600 – c. 2450 BCE)
Kalam Uruk I Shuruppak Predynastic Adab Sippar Kish I Hamazi
Ur I Kish II
Predynastic Lagash Uruk I
25th Early Dynastic IIIb period (c. 2450 – c. 2350 BCE)
Lagash I Shuruppak Predynastic Adab Sippar Kish II Hamazi
Umma I Uruk I Akshak Kish III
Ur I Uruk II
24th Kish IV
Proto-Imperial period (c. 2350 – c. 2334 BCE)
Ur I Uruk II Shuruppak Akshak Sippar Kish IV Hamazi
Uruk III Adab
Akkadian period (c. 2334 – c. 2154 BCE)
Ur I Uruk IV Shuruppak Adab Sippar Kish IV Sargonic Akkad Lulubum
Ur II
23rd Lagash II
22nd Gutian period (c. 2154 – c. 2119 BCE)
Lagash II Uruk IV Kisurra Adab Sippar Sargonic Akkad
Gutian Akkad
Sargonic Akkad
Gutian Akkad
Uruk V
Ur III
Ur III period (c. 2119 – c. 2004 BCE)
Ur III
21st
Ur III Isin I Der Sippar Kish V Eshnunna Hamazi
Larsa Uruk VI Assur
20th Isin-Larsa period (c. 2025 – c. 1763 BCE)
Larsa Uruk VI Isin I Der Kutha Shaduppum Eshnunna Assur
19th
18th
Old Babylonian period (c. 1894 – c. 1155 BCE)
Babylon I

Dynasties of ancient Iran edit

Century West South Central Northwest North East

  Denotes a dynasty ruled by a people who spoke the Elamite language (a language isolate)
  Denotes a dynasty and/or kingdom ruled by a people who spoke an unclassified language
  Denotes a dynasty and/or kingdom ruled by a people who spoke a Hurro-Urartian language
  Denotes a dynasty and/or kingdom ruled by a people who spoke an Iranian language
  Denotes a dynasty and/or kingdom ruled by a people who spoke an Armenian language
  Denotes a dynasty and/or kingdom ruled by a people who spoke a Greek language

28th century BC Elamite? Aratta?
27th century BC Hamazi?
26th century BC Awanite Marhasi?
25th century BC
24th century BC Anshanite? Lullubi? Tukrish?
23rd century BC Simurrum?
22nd century BC Shimashkian Gutian?
21st century BC Zamua? Namar?
20th century BC Epartid
19th century BC
18th century BC Sukkalmah
17th century BC
16th century BC
15th century BC Kidinuid
14th century BC Igehalkid
13th century BC
12th century BC Shutrukid
11th century BC
10th century BC Mannean?
9th century BC Humban-Tahrid Parsua? Ellipi?
8th century BC Saparda? Zikirti?
7th century BC Teispid? Urartian? Scythian?
6th century BC Median
5th century BC Achaemenid
4th century BC Argead Atropatene? Parthian?
3rd century BC Seleucid
2nd century BC Kamnaskirid?
1st century BC Artaxiad
1st century AD Arsacid
2nd century AD
3rd century AD Sasanian

Notes edit

References edit

Citations edit

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