Bronze Age (c. 3300 – c. 1200 BCE)

Main article: Bronze Age

Early Bronze Age (c. 3300 – c. 2100 BCE)

Early Bronze Age II (c. 3000 – c. 2700 BCE)

Early Dynastic I period (c. 2900 – c. 2800 BCE)

Main article: Early Dynastic I

Eridu dynasty (c. 2900 – c. 2880 BCE)

Main article: Eridu

Bad-tibira dynasty (c. 2880 – c. 2850 BCE)

Main article: Bad-tibira

Larak dynasty (c. 2850 – c. 2830 BCE)

Main article: Larak (Sumer)

Sippar dynasty (c. 2830 – c. 2820 BCE)

Main article: Sippar

Early Bronze Age III (c. 2700 – c. 2200 BCE)

Early Dynastic II period (c. 2800 – c. 2500 BCE)
Shuruppak dynasty (c. 2820 – c. 2800 BCE)

Main article: Shuruppak

Kish I dynasty (c. 2800 – c. 2670 BCE)

Main article: Kish (Sumer)

Uruk I dynasty (c. 2670 – c. 2620 BCE)

Main articles: First Dynasty of Uruk and Uruk

Ur I dynasty (c. 2620 – c. 2500 BCE)

Main article: First dynasty of Ur

Old Elamite I period (c. 2500 BCE)

Main article: Old Elamite period

Awan dynasty (c. 2500 BCE)

Main articles: Awan dynasty and Awan (ancient city)

Early Dynastic IIIa period (c. 2500 – c. 2400 BCE)
Kish II dynasty (c. 2500 – c. 2466 BCE)
Hamazi dynasty (c. 2466 – c. 2459 BCE)

Main article: Hamazi

Lagash I dynasty (c. 2459 – c. 2457 BCE)

Main article: Lagash

Uruk II dynasty (c. 2457 – c. 2375 BCE)
Early Dynastic IIIb period (c. 2400 – c. 2350 BCE)
Ur II dynasty (c. 2375 – c. 2373 BCE)
Adab dynasty (c. 2373 BCE)

Main article: Adab (city)

Mari dynasty (c. 2373 – c. 2364 BCE)

Main article: Mari, Syria

Kish III dynasty (c. 2364 BCE)
Akshak dynasty (c. 2364 – c. 2360 BCE)

Main article: Akshak

Akkadian period (c. 2350 – c. 2154 BCE)

Main article: Akkadian Period

Kish IV dynasty (c. 2360 – c. 2340 BCE)
Uruk III dynasty (c. 2340 – c. 2316 BCE)
Sargonic dynasty of Akkad (c. 2316 – c. 2154 BCE)

Main articles: Sargonic dynasty and Akkad (city)

Early Bronze Age IV (c. 2200 – c. 2100 BCE)

Gutian period (c. 2154 – c. 2119 BCE)

Main article: Gutian period

Uruk IV dynasty (c. 2154 – c. 2139 BCE)
Gutian dynasty (c. 2139 – c. 2119 BCE)

Main article: Gutium

Middle Bronze Age (c. 2100 – c. 1550 BCE)

Middle Bronze Age I (c. 2100 – c. 2000 BCE)

Ur III period (c. 2119 – c. 2004 BCE)

Main article: Ur III period

Uruk V dynasty (c. 2119 – c. 2112 BCE)
Ur III dynasty (c. 2112 – c. 2004 BCE)
Old Elamite II period (c. 2004 – c. 2001 BCE)
Shimashki dynasty (c. 2004 – c. 2001 BCE)

Main article: Shimashki dynasty

Middle Bronze Age II (c. 2000 – c. 1550 BCE)

Isin-Larsa period (c. 2001 – c. 1790 BCE)

Main article: Isin-Larsa period

Isin I dynasty (c. 2001 – c. 1932 BCE)

Main articles: Dynasty of Isin and Isin

Larsa dynasty (c. 1932 – c. 1818 BCE)

Main article: Larsa

Eshnunna dynasty (c. 1818 – c. 1790 BCE)

Main article: Eshnunna

Old Elamite III period (c. 1778 – c. 1776 BCE)
Sukkalmah dynasty (c. 1778 – c. 1776 BCE)

Main article: Sukkalmah dynasty

Old Assyrian period (c. 1776 – c. 1775 BCE)

Main article: Old Assyrian period

Shamshi-Adad dynasty of Shubat-Enlil (c. 1776 – c. 1775 BCE)

Main articles: List of Assyrian kings § Shamshi-Adad dynasty (1808–1736 BC), and Shubat-Enlil

Old Babylonian period (c. 1775 – c. 1595 BCE)

Main article: Old Babylonian period

Lim dynasty of Mari (c. 1775 – c. 1761 BCE)
Amorite dynasty of Babylon (c. 1761 – c. 1595 BCE)

Main articles: Amorite dynasty and First Dynasty of Babylon

Hittite dynasty of Kussara (c. 1595 – c. 1545 BCE)

Main articles: List of Hittite kings § Old kingdom (c. 1650 – c. 1500 BC), Old Hittite Kingdom, Kussara, and Hattusa

Late Bronze Age (c. 1550 – c. 1200 BCE)

Late Bronze Age I (c. 1550 – c. 1400 BCE)

Middle Babylonian period (c. 1595 – c. 1400 BCE)

Main article: Middle Babylonian period

First Sealand dynasty of Babylon (c. 1545 – c. 1475 BCE)

Main article: First Sealand dynasty

Mitanni dynasty of Washukanni (c. 1475 – c. 1415 BCE)

Main articles: Mitanni and Washukanni

Kassite dynasty of Dur-Kurigalzu (c. 1415 – c. 1282 BCE)

Main articles: Kassite dynasty, Kassites, and Dur-Kurigalzu

Late Bronze Age II (c. 1400 – c. 1200 BCE)

Middle Assyrian period (c. 1364 – c. 1026 BCE)

Main article: Middle Assyrian period

Adaside dynasty of Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (c. 1364 – c. 1133 BCE)

Main articles: Adaside dynasty and Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta

Isin II dynasty (c. 1133 – c. 1026 BCE)

Main article: Isin II

Iron Age (c. 1200 – c. 539 BCE)

Main article: Iron Age

Iron Age I (c. 1200 – c. 1000 BCE)

Iron Age I A (c. 1200 – c. 1150 BCE)

Iron Age I B (c. 1150 – c. 1000 BCE)

Iron Age II (c. 1000 – c. 539 BCE)

Iron Age II A (c. 1000 – c. 900 BCE)

Neo-Elamite I period (c. 1000 – c. 760 BCE)
Elamite dynasty of Babylonia (c. 980 – c. 974 BCE)

Main article: Elamite dynasty

First Neo-Elamite dynasty (c. 974 – c. 760 BCE)

Iron Age II B (c. 900 – c. 700 BCE)

Neo-Assyrian period (c. 912 – c. 626 BCE)

Main article: Neo-Assyrian period

Adaside dynasty at Assur (c. 912 – c. 879 BCE)

Main articles: Adaside dynasty and Assur

Adaside dynasty at Nimrud (c. 879 – c. 706 BCE)

Main article: Nimrud

Sargonid dynasty at Dur-Sharrukin (c. 706 – c. 705 BCE)

Main articles: Sargonid dynasty and Dur-Sharrukin

Sargonid dynasty at Nineveh (c. 705 – c. 612 BCE)

Main article: Nineveh

Sargonid dynasty at Harran (c. 612 – c. 609 BCE)

Main article: Harran

Neo-Elamite III period (c. 688 – c. 645 BCE)
Hubanid dynasty (c. 688 – c. 645 BCE)

Iron Age II C (c. 700 – c. 539 BCE)

Neo-Babylonian period (c. 626 – c. 539 BCE)

Main article: Neo-Babylonian Empire

Chaldean dynasty of Babylonia (c. 626 – c. 539 BCE)

Main article: Chaldean dynasty

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