Editing Bronze Age (section)

===Near East Bronze Age divisions===
The Bronze Age in the Near East can be divided into Early, Middle and Late periods. The dates and phases below apply solely to the Near East, not universally.<ref>The Near East period dates and phases are unrelated to the bronze chronology of other world regions.</ref><ref>Piotr Bienkowski, Alan Ralph Millard, eds. ''Dictionary of the ancient Near East''. p. 60.</ref><ref>Amélie Kuhr. ''The Ancient Near East, c. 3000–330&nbsp;BC''. p. 9.</ref> However, some archaeologists propose a "high chronology", which extends periods such as the Intermediate Bronze Age by 300 to 500–600 years, based on material analysis of the [[southern Levant]] in cities such as [[Tel Hazor|Hazor]], [[Jericho]], and [[Beit She'an]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lev |first1=Ron |last2=Bechar |first2=Shlomit |last3=Boaretto |first3=Elisabetta |year=2021 |title=Hazor Eb III City Abandonment and Iba People Return: Radiocarbon Chronology and ITS Implications |journal=Radiocarbon |volume=63 |issue=5 |page=1453 |bibcode=2021Radcb..63.1453L |doi=10.1017/RDC.2021.76 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* Early Bronze Age (EBA): 3300–2100&nbsp;BCE
** 3300–3000: EBA I
** 3000–2700: EBA II
** 2700–2200: EBA III
** 2200–2100: EBA IV
*Middle Bronze Age (MBA) or Intermediate Bronze Age (IBA): 2100–1550&nbsp;BCE
** 2100–2000: MBA I
** 2000–1750: MBA II A
** 1750–1650: MBA II B
** 1650–1550: MBA II C
*Late Bronze Age (LBA): 1550–1200&nbsp;BCE
** 1550–1400: LBA I
** 1400–1300: LBA II A
** 1300–1200: LBA II B ([[Late Bronze Age collapse]])

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