The Ages of Man in Palestine
The Stone Age |
Chalcolithic Period |
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Paleolithic (Old Stone) |
Mesolithic (Middle Stone) |
Neolithic (New Stone) |
Megalithic |
Ghassulian |
10,000–8,000 b.c. |
8000–5500 b.c. |
5500–4000 b.c. |
4000–3500 b.c. |
3500–3200 b.c. |
Genesis 1–11 |
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The Stone Age is based partially upon man’s belief in evolution. The time periods given are somewhat of a compromise between Biblical history and secular archeological thought. The dates given for Biblical events comes from giving the exodus a 1440 b.c. date and working from there. I used the time period 400 years from Acts 7:6 as approximate and to include both the period of slavery and the period of time that Joseph and his family lived in Egypt. Scofield’s reference Bible which begins with Abraham being born around 1950 b.c. Thieme places Abram’s birth as early as 2166 b.c. The dates given for Egypt and other historical events come from The Bible Almanac.
The Bronze Age |
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Early Bronze |
Middle Bronze I |
Middle Bronze II A |
Middle Bronze II B |
Late Bronze |
3200–2200 b.c. |
2200–1950 b.c. |
1950–1750 b.c. |
1750–1550 b.c. |
1550–1200 b.c. |
Job |
Gen. 11:27–32 |
Gen. 12–27 |
Gen. 28–50 |
Exodus–Judges |
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Abraham is born—circa 2166 b.c. Abraham enters into Canaan—circa 2100 b.c. Destruction of Sodom; Lot and Abraham split up—circa 2080 b.c. Isaac is born—circa 2067 b.c. |
Jacob and Esau are born—circa 1970–1930 b.c. (Some have as late as 1790 b.c.) Jacob enters Egypt—circa 1840–1800 b.c. |
Egypt places the Israelites into slavery—circa 1740–1700 b.c. |
Moses is born circa 1520 b.c. Moses leaves Egypt circa 1480 b.c. The exodus from Egypt circa 1440 b.c. The desert wanderings circa 1440–1400 b.c. The conquest of Canaan (circa 1400 b.c.) |
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Middle Kingdom of Egypt—circa 2000–1800 b.c. |
Middle Kingdom of Egypt—circa 2000–1800 b.c. King Hammurabi’s Law Code—circa 1775 b.c. |
Hyksos Dynasty in Egypt—circa 1740–1560 b.c. |
Egypt’s New Kingdom—circa 1560–1090 b.c. The Sea people invade the Eastern Mediterranean |
The Iron Age |
Hellenistic Period |
Roman Period |
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Iron Age I |
Iron Age II |
Iron Age III |
The Hellenistic Period |
The Roman Period |
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1200–970 b.c. |
970–580 b.c. |
580–330 b.c. |
330–63 b.c. |
63 b.c.–330 a.d. |
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Judges–I Kings 2:12 |
I Kings 2:13–II Chronicles |
Ezra–Nehemiah |
The Apocrypha |
The New Testament |
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Samuel |
Pre-Exilic Prophets: Joel, Johan, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Jeremiah |
Exilic Prophets: Daniel, Ezekiel, Obadiah |
Post-Exilic Prophets: Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi |
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The time of the Judges continued till roughly 1100 b.c. The reign of David—circa The reign of Saul—circa |
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The Assyrian Empire—circa 900–610 b.c. The Babylonian Empire—circa 640–510 b.c. |
The Babylonian Empire—circa 640–510 b.c. The Persian Empire—circa 510–330 b.c. |
The Greek Kingdoms The Roman Republic—circa 270 b.c.–10 a.d. |
The Roman Republic—circa 270 b.c.–10 a.d. The Roman Empire—circa 10– |
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