| to 6000 BC | Neolithic pottery near Zagros Mountains | |
| 6000 | More Neolithic cultures in higher mountains and near Lake Urmia | |
| 5000 | Agriculture along Caspian shore | |
| 4000 | Chalcolithic period, unknown population used copper and made pottery at Susa, Iran | |
| 3000 | Elamites occupy Iran, defeated and controlled by Sumerians and Akkadians | |
| 2500 | Elamite dynasty of Awan began in Iran | |
| 2180 | Elamite dynasty of Simash began in Iran | |
| 2000 | Bronze Age | |
| 1770 | King of Elam placed his son on the throne of Larsa whose brother Rimsin was displaced by Hammurabi | |
| 1150 | Elamites from Elam plundered the temple of Akkad | |
| 1128 | Nabuchadrazzer of Babylon conquered the Elamites A-52 | |
| 1000 | Dead were buried with bronze weapons and stone graves in the northwest A-17, then 52 | |
| 835 | Small principalities of Media were attacked by Assyrian kings and were under control of the Assyrians by 705 | |
| 721 | Merodach-Baladan of Babylon allied with Humbanigash of Elam against Sargon of Assyria, defeated him at Der | |
| 694 | Elamite Hallushu took Sennacherib of Babylon's son as captive | |
| 600/2 | Ashurbanipal King of Assyria completely destoyed Susa, ending the Kingdom of the Elamites | |
| 625 | Cyaxares founded the Median empire Allied with Babylon by his daughter in marriage to Nebuchadrazzer |
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| 612 | Cyaxares and Nabopolasser, King of Babylonia destroyed Ninevah and conquered Assyrian land east of the Tigris, Urartu and eastern Iran A-53 | |
| 550 | Cyrus of Persia conquered all Medians and their land | |