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A COMPARATIVE TABLE
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TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE DATING OF STRATA

Alternative Dating of Strata			Traditional Dating of Strata
Absolute dating (B.C.)	Parallel historical period	Stratification	Parallel historical period	Absolute dating (B.C.)
150	Hasmonean period	Persian (?)	Persian period (Return to Zion)	600
600	Ptolemaic period Persian period (Return to Zion) Babylonian conquest	Iron	Destruction of Judah Destruction of Israel Divided Monarchy United Monarchy Judges Israelite settlement	1200
1000	Destruction of Judah Destruction of Israel Divided Monarchy	Late Bronze	Israelite conquest of Canaan Late Canaanite	1500
	United Monarchy Judges Israelite settlement	Middle Bronze II	Middle Canaanite Age of the Patriarchs	2000
1500	Israelite conquest of Canaan	Middle Bronze I	Conquest by Amorites\Egyptians\ Indo-European tribes	2200
2000	Canaanite period Age of the Patriarchs	Early Bronze	Early Canaanite	3200
		Chalcolithic	Proto-historical