Archaeological Periods
MIddle Bronze Age–Persian Period
| Middle Bronze Age | 2000–1550 BCE |
| Late Bronze Age | 1550–1200 BCE |
| Iron Age | 1200–586 BCE |
| Iron IA (or Late Bronze III) | 1200–1140/1130 |
| Iron IB | 1140/1130–ca. 980a |
| Iron IIA | ca. 980–800 |
| Iron IIB | ca. 800–732/701b |
| Iron IIC | 732/701–586 BCE |
| Babylonian Period | 586–539 BCE |
| Persian Period | 539–332 BCE |
Chart courtesy of Amihai Mazar.
Notes
The end of Iron I is debated in the range of 1000–950 BCE.
Iron IIB ends with the Assyrian conquests of the Northern Kingdom between 732–722 and with Sennacherib’s invasion of Judah in 701 BCE.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.