Talk:Short chronology timeline

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[edit] Sketchy Iron Age additions

Look, just because the Iron Age period is not subject to the short/long controversy does NOT mean that the chronology is solid. In fact, except for the Neo-Assyrians it distinctly is not solid. Not even close to solid. The period between 900-1150 is especially thin on actual facts. Even the Assyrian data for that period which people originally took as history is now thought to be suspect. The post kassite Babylonians dates up to Nabonassar are pretty weak or non-existant too.

Anyway, if speculation were appropriate for a timeline/chronogy, I would have just cargo culted the suspect king lists from existing articles and called it a day. Fortunely, Wikipedia articles are supposed to be about facts, not speculation. Whats next, adding the Biblical Patriarchs from Genesis? Ploversegg (talk) 16:18, 2 June 2008 (UTC)ploversegg