Periods in Biblical Archaeology
The list of periods for Syro-Palestinian archaeology below is drawn from the definitions provided by the Mercer Dictionary of the Bible, p. 55.
- Bronze age: 3,200-1,200 BC
- Early Bronze (EB) Age = 3200-2200 BC
- Middle Bronze (MB) Age = 2200–1550 BC
- MB I (formerly MB IIA) = 2200–2000
- MB II (formerly MB IIA) = 2,000-1,750
- MB III (formerly MB IIC) = 1750–1550
- Late Bronze (LB) Age = 1550–1200 BC
- LB I = 1550–1400
- LB II = 1400–1200
- Iron Age: 1200-586 BC
- Iron I = 1200–1000
- Iron IIA = 1000-930
- Iron IIB = 930-721
- Iron IIC = 721-586
- Babylonian period: 586-539 BC
- Persian period: 539-332 BC
- Hellenistic period = 332-63 BC
- Early Hellenistic = 332-198
- Late Hellenistic = 198-63
- Roman period: 63 BC -324 AD
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