Ancient Near East, Chronology

Ancient Near East, Chronology (2500-13 kya): Palaeolithic-Epipalaeolithic

Palaeolithic (2500-20 kya)

2500-1400 Oldowan industry
1900-200 Homo erectus
1810-12 Pleistocene 
1600-100 Acheulian industry
1500 Ubeidiyeh (Palestine)
1000 Kaletepe Deresi 3 (Asia Minor)
750 Gesher Benot Ya’aqov (Palestine)
700 Abu Simbel (Egypt)
500 Tabun Cave (Israel)
400 Clactonian culture
400 Karain Cave (Asia Minor)
350 Acheulo-Yabrudian culture
350 Zuttiyeh Cave (Palestine)
330 Yarimburgaz Cave
300 Levallois technique
300 Kharga & Dakhleh oases (Egypt)
300-27 Homo neanderthalensis
250 Mousterian industry
250 Nubian knapping technique
200 Bir Sahara (Egypt)
200 Homo sapiens
175 Bir Safsaf (Egypt)
175 Bir Tarfawi (Egypt)
150 Nazlet Khater & Taramsa (Egypt)
120 Barda-Balka (Mesopotamia)
118 Sodmein Cave (Egypt)
100 Es-Skhul (Israel)
100-08 Shanidar Cave (Mesopotamia)
65 Amud Cave (Palestine)
60 Levalloiso-Mousterian industry
60-48 Kebara Cave (Israel)
55 Taramsa (Egypt)
52 Ras el-Kelb (Phoenicia)
45 Ksar Akil (Phoenicia)
45-35 Aurignacian culture
43-30 Aterian industry (Egypt)
41-33 Khormusan industry (Egypt)
40-35 Nazlet Khater 4 (Egypt)
40-18 Halfan industry (Egypt)
36-27 Baradostian industry (Mesopotamia)
35 Cro-Magnons
35 Shukbah Cave (Palestine)
25-22 Shuwikhatian industry (Egypt)
21.0-19.5 Fakhurian industry (Egypt)

Epipalaeolithic (20-13 kya)

20-12 Kebaran industry (Palestine)
19.4 Ohalo II (Palestine)
19.0-16.5 Kubbaniyan industry (Egypt)
18.0-11.6 Okuzini Cave (Asia Minor)
16-15 Silsilian/Ballanan industries (Egypt)
14.5-12.0 Natufian culture (Palestine)
14.5-11.5 Mureybet (Syria)
14 Tushka (Egypt)
14.0-12.5 Qadan industry (Egypt)
14-12 Gebel Sahaba (Egypt)
14-12 Pelegawra Cave (Mesopotamia)
13.5 Abu Hureyra (Syria)

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