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Chronological Guideline for Major Periods or Eras of History in Karak

Lower Paleolithic 1,000,000 - 120,000 BP Middle Paleolithic 120,000 - 45,000 Upper Paleolithic 45,000 - 20,000 BP Epipaleolithic 18,000 - 8,500 BC Pre­Pottery Neolithic  8500 - 6000 Pottery Neolithic 6000 - 4500  Chalcolithic 4500 - 3300 Early Bronze 3300 - 2000  Middle Bronze 2000 - 1550 Late Bronze 1550 - 1200  Iron I 1200 - 925  Iron II 925 - 539  Persian 539 - 332 Hellenistic 332 - 63 Early Roman 63 BC - AD 135 Late Roman 135 - 325 Early Byzantine 325 - 491 Late Byzantine 491 - 640  Early Islamic 640 - 1100 Middle Islamic 1100 - 1516 Late Islamic 1516 - 1918 Modern 1918 -  (BP = before the present)  Based on the Larry G. Herr, "Periodization," in The Oxford Encyclopedia  of Archaeology in the Near East, 1997.  *All of the dates above are approximate and are best used to provide a general time reference rather than a specific historic date, which would depend on dateable references in texts or other specific information. The above designations are most often used to categorize pottery or other material artifacts within a particular era.

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