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
