Culture PeriodsOnline version Years of the culture periods discussed in Art History 1380. by Jordan Free 1 Paleolithic a 40,000-8,000 BCE b 3,500-2,300 BCe c 2575-2150 BCE d 3000-1100 BCE 2 (ANE) Neolithic a 559-331 BCE b 1000-612 BCE c 8000-5000 BCE d 40,000-8,000 BCE 3 (ANE) Sumerian a 5000-2575 BCE b 1539-1075 BCE c 612-539 BCE d 3500-2300 BCE 4 (ANE) Akkadian-Old Babylonian a 8000-5000 BCE b 2300-1750 BCE c 3500-2300 BCE d 1995-2013 BCE 5 (ANE) Assyrian Empire a 1000-612 BCE b 612-539 BCE 6 (ANE) Neo-Babylonian Empire a 612-539 BCE b 1539-1075 BCE c 559-331 BCE 7 (ANE) Persian Empire a 3000-1000 BCE b 539-331 BCE 8 (Egypt) Predynastic-Early Dynastic a 5000-2575 BCE b 8000-5000 BCE c 2575-2150 BCE 9 (Egypt) Old Kingdom a 2575-2150 BCE b 1975-1640 BCE c 1539-1075 BCE 10 (Egypt) Middle Kingdom a 3000-1000 BCE b 2300-1750 BCE c 1975-1640 BCE 11 (Egypt) New Kingdom a 1539-1075 BCE b 1075-539 BCE c 1975-1640 BCE 12 Bronze Age Aegean a 1539-1075 BCE b 3000-1000 BCE c 2575-2150 BCE