| 1000000 - 20000 B.C. |
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PALEOLITHIC |
| 20000 - 10000 B.C. |
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EPIPALEOLITHIC |
| 10000 - 4500 B.C. |
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NEOLITHIC, appearance of the sedentary life thanks to the beginning of agriculture |
| Ab. 6000 B.C. |
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Appearance of pottery |
| 4500 - 3100 B.C. |
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CHALCOLITHIC |
| 3100 - 1900 B.C. |
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Early BRONZE, appearance of the first villages in Trans-Jordan |
| 1900 - 1550 B.C. |
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Middle BRONZE |
|
1550 - 1200 B.C. |
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Late BRONZE, trade with Egypt, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Mycenae. Formation of the trans-Jordanian kingdoms of Amôn, Moab and Edom |
| 1200 - 900 B.C. |
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IRON AGE I |
| 1200-1100 B.C. |
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Egyptian hegemony |
| Ab. 1200 B.C. |
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Probable date of the Exodus and successive infiltration of Jewish tribes on the trans-Jordanian plate |
| 1050 - 970 B.C. |
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Kingdom of David |
| Ab. 850 B.C. |
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Revolt and independence of Mesha |
| 900 - 539 B.C. |
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IRON AGE II |
| 800 B.C. |
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First Assyrian campaigns in Trans-Jordan |
| 587 B.C. |
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Babylonian Conquests |
| 539 B.C. |
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Occupation of Babylon by Cyrus the Great |
| 539 - 333 B.C. |
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Persian Intrusion |
| 333 - 63 B.C. |
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Hellenic Period |
| 332 B.C. |
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Occupation of Palestine by Alexander the Great |
| 323 B.C. |
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Death of Alexander the Great |
| 64 - 63 B.C. |
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Invasion of Syria and Palestine by the Roman emperor Pompey |
| 63 B.C. - 324 A.D. |
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ROMAN PERIOD |
| 0 |
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Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem |
| 106 A.D. |
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Annexing of the Nabatean kingdom to the Province of Arabia by Trajan |
| 324 A.D. |
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The emperor Constantine makes of Byzantia his capital under the name of Constantinoplis. |
| 324 - 638 A.D. |
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BYZANTINE PERIOD |
| 570 A.D. |
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Birth of Prophet Mohammed |
| 622 A.D. |
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(Emigration of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina), beginning of the Moslem era |
| 629 A.D. |
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First battle between Moslems and Christians at Mu’ta, close to Karak |
| 632 A.D. |
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Death of Prophet Mohammed |
| 636 A.D. |
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Final Victory of the Moslems against the Byzantine troops at the battle of Yarmouk |
| 638 - 1516 A.D. |
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MOSLEM PERIOD |
| 639 - 642 A.D. |
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Occupation of Egypt by the Moslems |
| 661 - 750 A.D. |
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Umayyad Dynasty |
| 750 - 969 A.D. |
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Abbasid Dynasty |
| 969 - 1055 A.D. |
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Fatimid Dynasty |
| 1055 - 1099 A.D. |
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Reign of Seldjoukids |
| 1099 - 1187 A.D. |
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Latin kingdom of Jerusalem |
| 1099 A.D. |
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Beginning of the Crusades |
| 1187 A.D. |
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Decisive battle of Hattin close to Beisan and victory of Saladin against the Crusaders |
| 1187 - 1260 A.D. |
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Ayyubid Dynasty |
| 1260 - 1516 A.D. |
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Mamluk Dynasty |
| 1516 - 1918 A.D. |
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OTTOMAN PERIOD |
| 1516 A.D. |
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Following the battle of Marj-Dabiq, Ottomans invade Syria and Palestine |
| 1916 A.D. |
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Beginning of the Arab revolt inspired by colonel Lawrence of Arabia: carried out by the Arab tribes and volunteers from the Arab World. |
| 1918 A.D. |
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End of the First World War and the Ottoman Empire collapses |
| 1921 |
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Creation of Trans-Jordan by GB and beginning of the Hashemite Reign |
| 1928 |
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First constitution of Trans-Jordan (The BASIC Law) |
| 1946 |
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Trans-Jordan becomes the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan |
| 1951 |
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Assassination of king Abdullah I |
| 1953 |
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Official ascension of King Hussein to throne |
| 1988 |
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king Hussein gives up all rights on the occupied Palestinian territories |
| 1999 |
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Death of King Hussein and ascension to throne of the King Abdullah II |
