A work in progress, this timeline is based on the following guiding principles:

C14 dating tends to produce an overly long chronology for the early periods.
Long gaps in the archaeological record are to be avoided whenever possible.
A static view of the stone ages has tended to inflate time estimates for the Early Bronze period.

Sources

I will continue to update this list as the project continues. You may also click the plus button next to an event on the timeline for chronological information and sources.

The Bible

Henry Smith and Jeremy Sexton, Genesis 5 and 11 genealogies.

Merril, Eugene H. Kingdom of Priests. Grand Rapids: Michigan, 1996.

Thiele, Edwin. The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1983.

Mesopotamia

Jacobsen, Thorkild. The Sumerian King List. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939. Link

Egypt

Redford, D.B. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Link

Baines, John, Jaromir Malek. Atlas of Ancient Egypt. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1980.

Schneider, Thomas. “Khyan’s Place in History,” in The Hyksos Ruler Khyan and the Early Second Intermediate Period in Egypt: Problems and Priorities of Current Research, edited by Irene Forstner-Müller, Nadine Moeller. Vienna: Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, 2018. Link

Anatolia

Beckman, Gary. “Hittite Chronology.” Akkadiaca, no. 119-120 (2000): 19-22.