ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN AND LEVANTINE PEOPLES
Sumerians c. 4000-2400 B.C.
Akkadians c. 2400-2000 B.C.
Amorites c. 2000-1550 B.C.
Kassites c. 1550-1150 B.C.
Hittites c. 1800-1200 B.C.
Assyrians c. 2000-612 B.C.
Chaldeans c. 612-539 B.C.
Aramaeans c. 1200 B.C. - ?
Phoenicians c. 2500-500 B.C.
Philisitines c. 1200-600’s B.C.
Hebrews c. 1300 B.C. - ?
Lydians c. 680-546 B.C.
General pattern
3000-1700 B.C. Classical stages of Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations. Only small areas “civilized.”
1700-1500 B.C. First massive wave of
invasions into the
1500-1100 B.C. Hittites, Kassites, Egyptians all have major kingdoms
1100-800 B.C. No great kingdoms or empires. Smaller states arise and thrive (Ex.- Israel).
745-612
B.C. Assyrian empire dominated the
612-539 B.C. The Chaldean (or Neo-Babylonian) Empire.
539-330 B.C.