Chronologies of the earliest history of the Near East have depended on interpretation of lists of Egyptian kings and such. But the best prospect for an absolute timescale lies in dating wood from Anatolia (modern-day Turkey).
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Renfrew, C. Kings, tree rings and the Old World. Nature 381, 733–734 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/381733a0
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