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Timelines of the periods of Syrian history and peoples who dominated them: Halaf, Sumerians, Akkadians, Eblaites, Babylonians, Canaanites, Hurrians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Hittites, Arameans, Kaldeans, Palmyrians, Persians in Syria, Hellenistic Period, Nabateans, Ghassanides, Romans and Byzantines.
Ancient History Timeline
Compact chart showing Syria from the settlement by Semites in 3000 B.C. to the conquering of Persia, including Syria, by Alexander. States the Arameans, whose language dominated the region until the Muslim conquest, settled Syria around 1500 BC.
Chronology of Different Civilizations in Syria
Sixteen events in the history of Syria before the common era. List of events and dates continues to 1970.
Timeline
Tom Mallon's colorful timeline to correspond with his Coins and History of Asia site. Shows the era of the Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, Sasanians and Islamic Dynasties on the Persian section of this multi-cultural timeline.
Cross Cultural Timeline
From The History Channel, this graphic timeline shows what was happening in Greece, Asia Minor, India, China, and Egypt from 3500 BC.

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