Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.

Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Alternative assertion

664 BCE–332 BCE

Precision: range

high

Modern period boundary used for navigation; competing models and overlapping dynasties remain possible.

  • supports · defines period
    Persian Period — David Klotz (2015)

    Defines the period and its qualifications.


    Locator: Chronological overview and period discussion

Research description

This record models Late Period as an evidence-linked classification rather than a single event or necessarily unified state.

Properties and assignments

A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.

Late Period
What does this label mean?

Modern label conventionally covering Dynasties 26 to 31.

Full property definition

Why does this record have this property?

Late Period is assigned its modern chronological classification for navigation and explanation. The assignment is a modern classification and does not create an ancient event or permanent territorial identity.

near certainStatus: supported assignment

Evidence and sources

  • supports · defines period
    Persian Period — David Klotz (2015)

    Defines the period and its qualifications.


    Locator: Chronological overview and period discussion

Where to go next

Referenced records