Anatolia - Modern day Turkey

AM  Anno Mundi - In the year of the world.

BCE & BC- BC stands for Before Christ, and BCE stands for Before Common Era. BC refers to the period before the birth of Jesus Christ, while BCE refers to the period before the start of the Common Era. BC is primarily used in Christian cultures, while BCE is used in secular and academic contexts

Bronze Age - historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC,

Levant - the name applied widely to the eastern Mediterranean coastal lands of Asia Minor and Phoenicia (modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon.   Levant Pre-History

Hittites - members of an ancient Indo-European people who appeared in Anatolia at the beginning of the 2nd millennium bce; by 1340 bce they had become one of the dominant

Hyksos - a people of mixed Semitic and Asian descent who invaded Egypt and settled in the Nile delta c. 1640 bc. They formed the 15th and 16th dynasties of Egypt and ruled a large part of the country until driven out c. 1532 bc.

Iron Age -  1200 BC (the Bronze Age collapse) to c. 550 BC (or 539 BC), 

Neolithic Age -The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts of the world. Dates: 10,000–4,500 BC  this coincides with the last Ice Age - The end of the last glacial period, which was about 10,000 years ago, is often called the end of the ice age.

Tell -  Hill or mound