| to 7000 BC | Mesolithic culture, the Natufian, followed by Upper Paleolithic era A-17 | |
| 7000 | Syria had relationships with Jericho and Anatolia | |
| 5500 | Widespread Neolithic pottery | |
| 3000 | Early Bronze Age, Egyptian influences | |
| 2360 | Sargon of Akkad took lands in northern Syria A-41 | |
| 2140 | Ruled under Third Dynasty of Ur | |
| 2100 | Semitic Amorites from Arabian coast settled in Damascus | |
| 1900 | Beginning of the Hurrian invasions | |
| 1800 | Ruled under Hammurabi of Babylon? | |
| 1600 | Aleppo conquered by Murshilish King of the Hitties | |
| 1400's | Thutmosis III conquered Syria except for Carchemish and Aleppo, ruled by Mitannis A-41 | |
| Syria occupied by Canaanites, Amorites, Hurrians | ||
| 1450 | Damascus is under Egyptian rule | |
| 1410 | Mitanni king Shutana gave his daughter, Gilhepa to Pharoah Amenophis III in marriage, receiving protection against Hittites | |
| 1375 | Amorite king Abd-Ashirta and Hittiti king Shubbiluliu ended Egyptian rule in Syria | |
| 1350 | Hittie rule despite Egyptian invasions, including Damascus | |
| 1300/4 | Migration of Akhlamus (Arameans) into Mesopotamia and Syria | |
| 1315 | Mu | |
| 1200 | Great migration of Aegean Sea People. Hittitie dynasty starts to fall | |
| 1283 | Ramses II treaty with Hattushilish of the Hittities divided Syria between themselves at Eleutherus River as in the bible A-42 | |
| 1198 | Ramses II of Egypt conquered Damascus, ruled to 1167 | |
| 1000 | Earliest Aramean states were Zobah (Subatu) and Damascus | |
| 1020 | King Aram Zobah in conflict of Saul of Israel | |
| 970 | Aramean Dynasty started by Rezon in Damascus Enemies of Solomon and David |
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| 869/878 | Ben-Hadad fights Ahab of Israel in Samaria but joined forces to fight Shalmaneser III of Assyria A-44 A46 | |
| 858-855 | Shalmaneser III of Assyria against Aramean and Hittiti kings of Carchemish coalition and won | |
| 854 | Battle of Qarqar, Ahab and Ben-Hadad end Shalmaneser's advance A-44 | |
| 853 | Aleppo ruled by Hittities conquered by Shalmaneser III of Assyria | |
| 842 | Ben-Hadad murdered by commoner Hazael who takes the throne | |
| 800/3 | Shalmaneser III of Assyria defeats Hazael who recovers and takes Transjordon, Philistia, controls Judah and Israel, died about 806 | |
| 700/1 | Joash of Isreal becomes overlord to Damascus | |
| 700/2 | Rezin of Aman joins Pekah of Israel in a coalition against Assyria. Judah refuses to help, Israel declares against Judah who appeals to Assyria, Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria destroys Damascus and Israel | |
| 734 | Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Arum, son of Ben-Hadad
II enter a coalition against Assyria and do some damage to
Tiglath-pileser III's lands. Ahaz of Judah refused to help, Israel declares war on Judah, Ahaz asks Assyria for help |
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| 732 | Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria destroys Damascus and Israel Israel, Arum and Damascus become Assyrian provinces, ending the states of Aram and Damascus |
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| 717 | Carchemish ruled by Hittities conquered by Sargon of Assyria | |
| 668 | Ashurbanipal of Assyria trips into Egypt, sacking Thebes on the second but did not gain control. His empire would include Babylonia, Persia, Syria | |
| 625 | Damascus under Babylonian rule | |
| 538 | Damascus under Persian rule | |
| 332 | Hellenistic period, Antioch became capital, not Damascus | |
| 333 | Alexander the Great conquered Syria | |
| See Alexander | ||
| 323 | Ptolemy I controlled Syria | |
| 301 | Seleucids ruled Syria |