Chronology of Anatolia


PREHISTORIC PERIOD 500,000 - 2,000 BCE

  • Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) 500,000 - 11,000 BCE
  • Mesolithic Age (Middle Stone Age) 11,000 - 7,000 BCE
  • Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) 7,250 - 5,400 BCE
  • Chalcolithic Age (Copper stone Age) 5,400 - 3,250 BCE
  • Bronze Age 3,250 - 1,200 BCE
  • Hatti Civilization and Assyrian Trading Colonies 2,500 - 2,000 BCE

PREHISTORIC PERIOD 500,000 - 2,000 BCE

HITITES 2,000 - 700 BCE
Early Hittite Period 2,000 - 1,750 BCE
Old Hittite Kingdom 1,660 - 1,450 BCE
Hittite Imperial Period 1,450 - 1,190 BCE
Late Hittite City States 1,190 - 700 BCE
URARTIAN KINGDOM 860 - 580 BCE
PHRYGIAN KINGDOM 750 - 600 BCE
LYDIAN KINGDOM 680 - 546 BCE
PERSIAN PERIOD 546 - 334 BCE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD 323 - 30 BCE
ROMAN PERIOD 30 BCE - 395 CE
BYZANTINE PERIOD 395 - 1453 CE
OTTOMAN PERIOD 1453 - 1923 CE
MODERN TURKEY 1923 – Present

Chronology of Anatolia