Paleolithic Period > 8300 BCE* Prehistoric Neolithic Period 8300–5000 BCE* Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) 8300–5800 BCE* Emergence of (semi-)sedentary communities Pottery Neolithic (PN) 5800–5000 BCE* Emergence of pottery Chalcolithic 5000–3400 BCE Emergence of large, stratified communities Early Bronze (EB) 34000–2000 BCE EB I 3400–3050 BCE Proto-urban EB II 3050–2700 BCE Urban density EB III 2700–2400 BCE…

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