The generations of the Tannaim included:
1.First Generation: Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai's generation (c. 40 BCE-80 CE).
2.Second Generation: Rabban Gamliel of Yavneh, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua's generation, the teachers of Rabbi Akiva.
3.Third Generation: The generation of Rabbi Akiva and his colleagues.
4.Fourth Generation: The generation of Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Yehuda and their colleagues.
5.Fifth Generation: Rabbi Judah haNasi's generation.
6.Sixth Generation: The interim generation between the Mishnah and the Talmud: Rabbis Shimon ben Judah HaNasi and Yehoshua ben Levi, etc.
