1200 BC Middle East
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME, Greece [[-1200, -1199]]

13th Century AD Eastern Mediterranean (AD 1200–1300)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Late Byzantine-Ayyubid-Mamluk Western Middle East [[1200,1300]]

1500 AD Middle East (AD 1500–1500)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME, Greece, Indus [[1500,1500]]

2nd Millenium BCE
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The second millenium BCE as defined at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium_BC [[-2000, -1000]]

2nd Millennium BC Egypt (2000–1000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Egypt [[-2000,-1000]]

2nd Millennium BC Levant (2000–1000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: MBA Levant-LBA Levant-Iron Age I Levant [not sure as these are all taken from southern Levant periodisation] [[-2000,-1000]]

3rd millennium BC
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age. As described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_millennium_BC. [[-3000, -2000]]

4th millenium BCE
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The fourth millenium BCE as defined at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_millennium_BC [[-4000, -3000]]

Abassid Middle East (AD 750–940)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME, northern Africa [[750, 940]]

Abbasid Period in Central Asia
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Period as defined by Sören Stark [[750, 875]]

Achaemenid Central Asia
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Period as defined by Sören Stark [[-540, -330]]

Achaemenid Middle East (540–330 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[-540, -330]]

Achaemenid-Roman Levant (540 BC – AD 324)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Persian-Hellenistic-Roman Levant [[-540,324]]

Achaemenid-Roman Republic Middle East (540–30 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[-540,-30]]

Akkadian-Ur III Mesopotamia (2335–2000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Akkadian—Neo-Sumerian Mesopotamia [[-2335,-2000]]

Anglo-Saxon Period (550-1066 AD/CE)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: [[550, 1066]]

Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Archaic period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is seen to begin in the year 750 and end in the year 550 before the birth of Christ. [[-750, -550]]

Ayyubid Middle East (AD 1171–1258)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Western ME [[1171,1258]]

Bronze Age Britain (ca. 2500 - ca. 800 BC/BCE)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: A long time period associated with Bronze Age Britain. [[-2500, -800]]

Bronze Age Malta (ca. 2,500-700 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Bronze age as represented in the remains of physical culture from the island of Malta. [[-2500, -700]]

Bronze Age Oman (2600–1900 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Persian Gulf [[-2600,-1900]]

Caliphate-Fatimid Southern Levant (AD 632–1150)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Caliphate/Rashidun-Umayyad-Abassid-Fatimid southern Levant [[632,1150]]

Caliphate-Umayyad Middle East (AD 632–750)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Early Islamic, Rashidun-Umayyad [starts with death of Muhammed who only controlled Arabia] [[632,750]]

Castro Culture (Iron Age, ca. 900 BC - 100 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Castro Culture is an archaeological term describing the material culture of Celtic peoples of the Iberian peninsula during the first millennium BC, as described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castro_culture. [[-900,-100]]

Chalcolithic Iran (5000–2500 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Iran [[-5000,-2500]]

Chalcolithic Mesopotamia (6200–3750 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Copper Age Mesopotamia, Halaf-Ubaid-Early Uruk Mesopotamia [[-6200,-3750]]

Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Classical period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 550 and end in the year 330 before the birth of Christ. [[-550, -330]]

Colonial-Modern Middle East (AD 1800–2000)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Late Ottoman-Colonial-Mandate Modern Middle east [[1800,2000]]

Mesolithic Middle East (18000–9000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Epipaleolithic-Protoneolithic ME [[-18000,-9000]]

Middle Bronze Age Anatolia (1750–1450 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Anatolia [[-1750,-1450]]

Paleolithic Middle East (2600000–18000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Middle East [[-2600000,-18000]]

Crusader/Byzantine/Seljuq Middle East (AD 1081–1204)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Latin/1st-4th Crusades—end of Middle Byzantine—Rum/Seljuq [[1081, 1204]]

Crusader-Ottoman Levant (AD 1099–1750)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Crusader-Seljuq-Ayyubid-Mamluk-Ottoman Levant [[1099,1750]]

Crusader/Seljuq-Ayyubid Levant (AD 1099–1291)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Latin [[1099,1291]]

Early Bronze Age Anatolia (2000–1750 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Karum Anatolia [[-2000,-1750]]

Early Bronze Age Iran (2500–2000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Jiroft [[-2500,-2000]]

Early Bronze Age Southern Levant (3300–2000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: southern Levant [[-3300,-2000]]

Early Byzantine (AD 650-850)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Early Byzantine Period in areas where such designations are appropriate. [[650, 850]]

Early Dynastic Egypt (2950-2670 BCE/BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Early Dynastic period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-2950, -2670]]

Early Dynastic Mesopotamia (2950–2350 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Mesopotamia [[-2950,-2350]]

Early Geometric (Greek; 900-850 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Early Geometric period in ancient Greece, from 900-850 before the birth of Christ. [[-900, -850]]

Early Helladic (Mainland Greece; 3000-2000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Early Helladic period in the Greek mainland, after Preziosi and Hitchcock, Aegean Art and Architecture, Oxford History of Art, 1998. [[-3000,-2000]]

Early Iron Age Anatolia (1200–700 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: incl. Mitanni [[-1200,-700]]

Early Iron Age Iran (1000–650 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Pre-Classical Antiquity [[-1000,-650]]

Early Medieval Caucasus (AD 850–1200)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Bagratid, Kingdom of Armenia/Kingdom of Georgia [[850,1200]]

Early-Middle Bronze Age Iran (2500–1500 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Iran [[-2500,-1500]]

Early Minoan (Crete; 3100-2000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Early Minoan period on Crete, after Shelmerdine, The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age, Cambridge UP, 2008. PeriodO URI: http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0qp9rs8fgh. [[-3100,-2000]]

Early Ottoman Empire (AD 1453–1683)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ends with the siege of Vienna [[1453,1683]]

Egyptian/Hittite Levant (1344–1212 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Levant [[-1344,-1212]]

Elamite Western Iran (3200–540 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Proto—Old—Middle—Neo-Elamite [[-3200,-540]]

Fatimid Middle East (AD 950–1150)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Western ME, northern Africa [[950,1150]]

First Intermediate Period Egypt (2168-2010 BCE/BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The First Intermediate Period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-2168, -2010]]

Hellenistic Central Asia
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: As defined by Sören Stark [[-330, -100]]

Hellenistic Middle East (330–140 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Macedonian—Seleucid/Ptolemaic/Attalid/Greco-Bactrian [[-330, -140]]

Hellenistic-Parthian Middle East (330 BC – AD 226)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Seleucid-Early Roman-Arsacid Middle East [[-330,226]]

Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]

Hellenistic-Roman Early Empire (330 BC – AD 300)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Mediterranean [[-330,300]]

Ilkhanate Middle East (AD 1258–1335)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Ilkhanid, Hulagu, Early Mongol [[1258,1335]]

Iron Age Britain (ca. 800 BC/BCE - ca. 100 AD/CE)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: A long time period associated with Iron Age Britain. [[-800, 100]]

Iron Age Italy (Latial Culture I, 1000-900 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Latial I is concentrated around Rome, the Alban Hills, and the Monti della Tolfa. [[-1000, -900]]

Iron Age Southern Levant
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: [[-1200,-550]]

Kangju-Yuezhi-Kushan period in Central Asia
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Period as defined by Sören Stark [[-100, 250]]

Khedivate Egypt (AD 1800–1922)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Muhammed Ali-Khedivate Egypt, Alawiyya Egypt, Anglo-Egyptian [[1800,1922]]

Khwarezmian Middle East (AD 1077–1258)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Khwarezmid [[1077,1258]]

Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Late Antique period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 300 and to end in the year 640 after the birth of Christ. [[300, 640]]

Late Antique-Late Byzantine (AD 300–1450)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[300, 1450]]

Late Antique/Sasanian Middle East (AD 300–640)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[300, 640]]

Late Antiquity in Central Asia
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Period as defined by Sören Stark [[250, 550]]

Late Bronze Age Anatolia (1600-1200 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Late Bronze Age Anatolia [[-1600,-1200]]

Late Bronze Age Iran (1500–1000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Iran [[-1500,-1000]]

Late Bronze Age Southern Levant (1400–1200 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: southern Levant [[-1400,-1200]]

Late Byzantine Period (AD 1200-1450)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Late Byzantine Period in contexts where such designations are appropriate. [[1200, 1450]]

Late Byzantine/Ottoman Rise (AD 1200–1453)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Aegean, Balkan & Anatolia [[1200,1453]]

Late Helladic (Mainland Greece; 1600-1200 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Late Helladic period in the Greek mainland, after Preziosi and Hitchcock, Aegean Art and Architecture, Oxford History of Art, 1998. [[-1600, -1200]]

Late Medieval Caucasus (AD 1200–1500)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Turco-Mongol, Seljuq-Georgian-Ilkhanate-Turkmen Caucasus [[1200,1500]]

Late Minoan (Crete; 1600-1080 BC/BCE)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Late Minoan period on Crete, as defined in C. Shelmerdine, The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age (2008), p. 4. PeriodO URI: http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0qp9rssm67. [[-1600,-1080]]

Late Nubian (1600–350 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: NK-Kushite-Meroitic [[-1600,-350]]

Late Ottoman Empire (AD 1683–1918)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME, Balkan, Northern Africa [[1683,1918]]

Late Period Egypt (664-332)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Late Period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-664, -332]]

Later 2nd Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1600–1000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Middle Assyrian/Middle Babylonian/Kassite Mesopotamia, LBA-Early Iron Age Mesopotamia, incl. Sea Peoples [[-1600,-1000]]

Macedonian Egypt (332-304 BCE/BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Macedonian period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-332, -304]]

Mamluk Middle East (AD 1258–1516)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Western ME [[1258,1516]]

Mediaeval/Byzantine (AD 641-AD 1453)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Mediaeval period in the West, or the period from the end of Late Antiquity (640) to the fall of Constantinople in the East (1453). [[640, 1453]]

Mesolithic Europe (13,000-8,000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The cultural period lying between paleolithic and neolithic, as described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesolithic [[-13000,-8000]]

Mesolithic Levant (18000–9500 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Epipaleolithic-Protoneolithic Levant, Kebaran-Natufian [[-18000,-9500]]

Mesolithic Middle East (18000–9000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Epipaleolithic-Protoneolithic ME [[-18000,-9000]]

Middle Bronze Age Anatolia (1750–1450 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Anatolia [[-1750,-1450]]

Middle Bronze Age Iran (2000–1500 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Iran [[-2000,-1500]]

Middle Bronze Age Southern Levant (2000–1400 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: southern Levant [[-2000,-1400]]

Middle Bronze-Early Iron Age Iran (2000–650 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Iran [[-2000,-650]]

Middle Byzantine (AD 850-1200)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Middle Byzantine period in areas where such designations are appropriate. [[850, 1200]]

Middle Geometric (Greek; 850-750 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Middle Geometric period in ancient Greece, from 850-750 before the birth of Christ. [[-850, -750]]

Middle Helladic (Mainland Greece; 2000-1600 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Middle Helladic period in the Greek mainland, after Preziosi and Hitchcock, Aegean Art and Architecture, Oxford History of Art, 1998. [[-2000, -1600]]

Middle Hittite Anatolia (1450–1200 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: New Kingdom Hittite [[-1450,-1200]]

Middle Kingdom Egypt (2010-1640 BCE/BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Middle Kingdom period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-2010, -1640]]

Middle-Late Iron Age Anatolia (700–500 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Anatolia [[-700,-500]]

Middle Nubian (2300–1600 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: C-Group—Kerma—Middle Nubian—Pan-Grave—MK [[-2300,-1600]]

Middle Minoan (Crete; 2000-1600 BC/BCE)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Middle Minoan period on Crete, as defined in C. Shelmerdine, The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age (2008), p. 4, figure 1.1. [[-2000,-1600]]

Modern (AD 1700-Present)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]

Modern Middle East (AD 1918–2000)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[1918, 2000]]

Mongol Middle East (AD 1258–1501)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME, Central Asia [[1258,1501]]

Natufian Levant (12500–9500 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Levant [[-12500,-9500]]

Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[-720,-540]]

Neo-Babylonian—Achaemenid Southern Levant (587–330 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: southern Levant [[-587,-330]]

Neo-Hittite Northern Levant (1200–700 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Syro-Hittite Northern Levant [[-1200,-700]]

Neolithic Period (British Isles; 4,000-2,500 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Neolithic period in the British Isles, after Wikipedia, Neolithic British Isles, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_British_Isles. [[-4000, -2500]]

Neolithic Period in the Eastern Mediterranean (ca. 10,000-3,300 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The so-called "Neolithic" or "New Stone Age" period as defined in the Eastern portion of the Mediterranean basin, lasting roughly from 10,000 - 3,300 BC. See further: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/artarchaeologyarchitect/g/neolithic.htm [[-10000, -3300]]

Neolithic Egypt (6000-4500 BCE/BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Neolithic period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-6000, -4500]]

Neolithic Period on Malta (ca. 5,000-2,500BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The neolithic or so-called "New Stone Age" as expressed in remains of physical culture on the island of Malta, where it appears to have lasted from around 5,000 to 2,500 BC [[-5000, -2500]]

Neolithic Middle East (9000–4500 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[-9000,-4500]]

New Kingdom Egypt (1548-1086)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The New Kingdom period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-1548, -1086]]

Old Babylonian/Assyrian Mesopotamia (2000–1600 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Mesopotamia [[-2000,-1600]]

Old Hittite Anatolia (1650–1450 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Old-Middle Kingdom Hittite [[-1650,-1450]]

Old Kingdom Egypt (2670-2168 BCE/BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Old Kingdom period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-2670, -2168]]

Old Nubian (3800–2300 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: A-Group/Old Nubian—Middle Nubian—OK [[-3800,-2300]]

Ottoman Decline-Mandate Middle East (AD 1900–1950)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[1900,1950]]

Ottoman Empire (AD 1513–1918)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME, Balkan, Northern Africa [[1513,1918]]

Ottoman Rise (AD 1300–1453)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ends with the conquest of Constantinople [[1300, 1453]]

Paleolithic Middle East (2600000–18000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[-2600000,-18000]]

Parthian Middle East (140 BC – AD 226)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Arsacid ME [[-140,226]]

Persian-Medieval Caucasus (AD 600–1500)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Persian—Arabic—Early Medieval—Middle Medieval—Turco-Mongol/Late Medieval Caucasus [[600,1500]]

Perso-Ottoman-Russian Caucasus (AD 1500–1918)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Safavid-Qajar-Ottoman Empire-Russian Empire Caucasus [[1500,1918]]

Pottery Neolithic Middle East (6000–4500 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[-6000,-4500]]

Pre-Islamic Early Middle Ages in Central Asia
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Period as defined by Sören Stark [[550, 750]]

Pre-Pottery Neolithic Middle East (9000–6000 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Aceramic Neolithic ME [[-9000,-6000]]

Predynastic Egypt (4500-2950 BCE/BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The predynastic period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-4500, -2950]]

Proto-Byzantine (AD 500–650)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Early Byzantine; includes Justinian I [[500, 650]]

Ptolemaic Egypt (304-30 BCE/BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Ptolemaic period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-304, -30]]

Ptolemaic-Roman Egypt (304 BC – AD 640)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Egypt [[-304,640]]

Qarakhanid Period in Central Asia
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Period as defined by Sören Stark [[1000, 1200]]

Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]

Roman-Early Byzantine Middle East (140 BC – AD 850)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[-140,850]]

Roman Early Empire-Late Antique (30 BC – AD 640)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Mediterranean [[-30,640]]

Roman Early Empire/Parthian Middle East (30 BC – AD 226)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Early Roman/Parthian [[-30, 226]]

Roman Middle East (140 BC – AD 640)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[-140, 640]]

Roman-Umayyad Levant (37 BC – AD 1099)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Roman-Byzantine-Caliphate-Umayyad Levant [[-37,1099]]

Rum/Crusader Anatolia (AD 1077–1307)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Seljuk-Latin States/Francocracy [[1077, 1307]]

Safavid Middle East (AD 1501–1725)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Eastern ME, Central Asia [[1501,1725]]

Samanid-Ghaznavid Iran (AD 819–1186)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Iran [[819,1186]]

Samanid Period in Central Asia
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Period as defined by Sören Stark [[875, 1000]]

Sassanian Middle East (AD 262–700)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Sassanid [[262,700]]

Second Intermediate Period Egypt (1640-1548)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Second Intermediate period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-1640, -1548]]

Seljuq-Khwarezmian Middle East (AD 1037–1258)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: ME [[1037,1258]]

Seljuq Middle East (AD 1037–1150)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Great Seljuq Empire [[1037,1150]]

Stone Age Oman (125000–3200 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Persian Gulf [[-125000,-3200]]

Third Intermediate Period Egypt (1086-664)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The Third Intermediate period in Egypt, following the chronology of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (compiled by Thomas Schneider): http://www.uee.ucla.edu/contributors/chronology.htm. [[-1086, -664]]

Timurid Middle East (AD 1370–1501)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Eastern ME, Central Asia [[1370,1501]]

Transition Early-Middle Bronze Age Southern Levant (2100–1900 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: southern Levant [[-2100,-1900]]

Transition Roman Early Empire-Late Antique (AD 284–337)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Mediterranean [[284, 337]]

Ubaid period in Mesopotamia (ca. 6500 to 3800 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The prehistoric Ubaid period of Mesopotamia, as defined by Wikipedia following Carter, Robert A. and Philip, Graham Beyond the Ubaid: Transformation and Integration in the Late Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization, Number 63) The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (2010) ISBN 978-1-885923-66-0 p.2, at http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/saoc/saoc63.html [[-6500, -3800]]

Ubaid-Early Dynastic II Mesopotamia (5500–2600 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Late Chalcolithic-ED II Mesopotamia, Ubaid-Uruk-Jemdet Nasr-ED Mesopotamia [[-5500,-2600]]

Ummayad Period (661-750CE)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: The period of the Umayyad Caliphate as defined by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate [[661, 750]]

Urartian Eastern Anatolia (900–600 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: eastern Anatolia [[-900,-600]]

Uruk Mesopotamia (4000–2950 BC)
type: Concept
in scheme: Time Periods
scope note: Protoliterate Mesopotamia [[-4000,-2950]]

Time Periods
type: ConceptScheme
creator: sgillies
description: The date ranges of these named time periods are encoded at the tail end of their descriptions (under Metadata tab) using the format [[start, end]] (e.g. [[-1000,-900]]). Please bear with us while we work on getting these sorted temporally and spatially.
modified: 2013-10-16 23:37:56