General Chronology
			of Egypt, Palestine, & Mesopotamia



Chronology		Dates			Description	Egypt  		Mesopotamia

Middle Bronze I		2200-2000 B.C.E. 	Seminomadic

Middle Bronze IIA	2000-1800 B.C.E.	Beginning of
						Fortified Cities
						[Gen 12-36?]

Middle Bronze IIB-C	1800-1550 B.C.E.	Fortified	Hyksos
						Cities		Kings
						[Gen 36-49?]

Late Bronze I		1550-1400 B.C.E.	Egyptian	XVIII
						Empire		Dynasty
								(Tuthmosis I & III)

Late Bronze IIA		1400-1300 B.C.E.	Egyptian	late XVIII
						Empire		Dynasty
								(Amenhotep II & III,
								  Haremhab)

Late Bronze IIB		1300-1200 B.C.E.	Egyptian	XIX
						Empire		Dynasty
						arrival		(Seti I,
						of Israelites	  Ramesis II)
						[Ex 1-12, Num,
						  Jos, Judg 1]

Iron IA			1200-1150 B.C.E.	Sea People	XX
								Dynasty
								(Ramesis III)
Iron IB			1150-1000 B.C.E.	Judges
						(Saul)
						[Jdg & Sam]

Iron IIA		1000-925  B.C.E.	United		Shishak
						Monarchy	invasion
						(David,
						  Solomon)
						[2 Sam - 1 K 11]

Iron IIB		925-721 B.C.E.		Divided				Rise of Assyria
						Monarchy			(Shalmaneser III,
						(Jeroboam, Omri			  Tiglath-pileser,
						  Ahab)				  Sargon)
						[1 K 12 - 2 K 17]
	
Iron IIC		721-587/86 B.C.E. 	Judah		 		Assyria domination
						alone				Babylon succeeds Assyria
						(Hezekiah,			(Sennacherib,
						  Josiah			   Nebuchadnezzar)
						[2 K 17 - 25]