| UPPER EGYPT | LOWER EGYPT | NORTH MESOPOTAMIA | SOUTH MESOPOTAMIA |
|---|
| Tasian Period | | 5000 ? |
| | Fayum A | Hassunah Period |
| | |
| Badarian Period | | Samarran |
| Amratian Period | Merimde | Halaf Period | Eridu |
| | | Northern Ubaid Period | Southern Ubaid Period |
| | | | 3900 ? |
| | | Gawra Period | Warka Period |
| | | | 3750 ? |
| Early Gerzean Period | | | Early Protoliterate Period |
| | Maadi |
| Late Gerzean Period | | | Late Protoliterate Period |
| | 3100 | Ninevite Period | 3100 |
| Protodynastic Period: | I | | Early Dynastic Period |
| Dynasties | II |
| | 2664 |
| | III |
| | IV |
| Old Kingdom: | V | | 2425 |
| Dynasties | | | Proto-Imperial Period 2340 |
| | VI | North Akkadian Period | Dynasty of Akkad 2180 |
| | 2181 |
