Timeline of Middle Eastern history

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This timeline tries to show dates of important historical events that happened in or that led to the rise of the Middle East/ South West Asia .The Middle East is the territory that comprises today's Egypt, the Persian Gulf states, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Palestine, Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The Middle East, with its particular characteristics, was not to emerge until the late second millennium AD. To refer to a concept similar to that of today's Middle East but earlier in time, the term ancient Near East is used.

Contents

This list is intended as a timeline of the history of the Middle East. For more detailed information, see articles on the histories of individual countries. See ancient Near East for ancient history of the Middle East.

Paleolithic period

Neolithic period

9th millennium B.C.

8th millennium BC

7th millennium BC

6th millennium BC

5th millennium BC

Ancient Near East

4th millennium BC

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Overview map of the Ancient Near East

3rd millennium BC

2nd millennium BC

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The Oriental Empires about 600 BC

1st millennium BC

1st millennium AD

Islamic Middle East

1st millennium AD

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Ottoman Empire, 1481–1683
In blue, the Arab Empire in its greatest extent and in yellow the four Christian empires. Arabic ascendency 1884.jpg
In blue, the Arab Empire in its greatest extent and in yellow the four Christian empires.

2nd millennium AD

Contemporary Middle East

2nd millennium AD

3rd millennium AD

See also

References

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