Godin Tepe Timeline

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c. 5000 BCE
Godin Tepe settled.
c. 3500 BCE - c. 3100 BCE
Period V - Writing, crafts and pottery produced. Beer and wine brewed.
c. 3000 BCE - c. 2650 BCE
Period IV - elaborate architecture, metal working. Godin Tepe invaded c. 2400 BCE.
c. 2600 BCE - c. 1600 BCE
Period III - Godin Tepe at its height with flourishing trade, advances in metal working and arts. Most populous area in the region until destroyed by earthquake.
1600 BCE - c. 750 BCE
Left uninhabited after the earthquake, the site of Godin Tepe is slowly buried.
750 BCE - 500 BCE
Period II - The Medes occupy the site and a great Median palace is built. Ties to Pasargadae evident.
c. 500 BCE
Palace and surrounding settlement at Godin Tepe abandoned. Used by travelers and squatters until, again, buried.
c. 1400 CE
Period I - The ruins completely buried, a Muslim shrine to the Prophet erected on the site with a nearby cemetery.