TIMELINE
NEOLITHIC ERA
Aceramic
6800 - 6500 B.C.
Earlier Neolithic
6500 - 5800 B.C.
Middle Neolithic
5800 - 5300 B.C.
Later Neolithic
5300 - 4500 B.C.
Final Neolithic (Sub-Neolithic)
5300 - 4500 B.C.
Early Bronze Age
Early Minoan I
3200/3000 - 2600 B.C.
Early Minoan II
2600 - 2300 B.C.
PREPALATIAL PERIOD
Early Minoan III
2300 - 2100 B.C.
PREPALATIAL PERIOD
Middle Bronze Age
Middle Minoan Ι
2100 - 1900 B.C.
PREPALATIAL PERIOD
Middle Minoan ΙΙ
1900 - 1700 B.C.
PREPALATIAL PERIOD
Late Bronze Age
Middle Minoan ΙΙΙ
1700 - 1580 B.C.
NEOPALATIAL PERIOD
Late Minoan Ι
1580 - 1450 B.C.
NEOPALATIAL PERIOD
Late Minoan ΙΙ
1450 - 1400 B.C.
NEOPALATIAL PERIOD
Late Minoan ΙΙΙ
1400 - 1070 B.C.
POSTPALATIAL PERIOD
Subminoan
1070 - 1000 B.C.
POSTPALATIAL PERIOD
Greek - Roman Period
Protogeometric period
1000 - 850 B.C.
Protogeometric Period B
850 - 810 B.C.
Geometric period
810 - 700 B.C.
Orientalizing or Daedalic or Early Archaic Period
700 - 600 B.C.
Archaic period
600 - 500 B.C.
Classical period
500 - 323 B.C.
Hellenistic period
323 - 67 B.C.
Roman period
67 B.C. - 330 A.D.
Early Byzantine period
Early Byzantine period
330 - 565 A.D.