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Period: 250,000 BCE to 3500 BCE
Prehistory
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50,000 BCE
The discovery of fire
For the men who discovered it -probably, the sapiens-, this element meant survival: they could protect themselves from the inclement weather, scare away animals, cook food, light the roads, among other activities. -
Period: 4000 BCE to 476
Antiquity
The Ancient Age is the historical period that coincides with the emergence and development of the first civilizations or ancient civilizations. -
3000 BCE
writing discovery
Egypt. The first recorded hieroglyphic symbols in Egypt date from 3,200 B.C. about. With the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt around 3000 B.C. It is considered that a first writing system was created that would be made up of about 1,000 hieroglyphic symbols. -
Period: 476 to 1453
Middle age
One of the most important events of the Middle Ages was the so-called Black Death, an epidemic that between 1348 and 1350 wreaked havoc throughout Europe. -
1140
Romanesque and Gothic art
The Romanesque is a totally rural art with a society made up of monks, warriors and peasants. The Gothic, on the other hand, developed in the cities and was marked by the appearance of a new social class, the bourgeoisie. -
Period: 1492 to
Modern age
The Modern Age is the historical stage that takes place between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. In contrast to the Middle Ages, the Modern Age is characterized by cultural progress, discoveries, the creation of States, the development of the economy worldwide and a greater weight of reason over faith. -
1501
The renaissiance and the baroque
The Renaissance was characterized by the predominance of the line and the search for the image in perspective, while the Baroque pursued the formation of objects through colors. -
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Contemporary age
The Contemporary Age is the historical period between the French Revolution (1789) and the present. It is a time characterized by revolutions and by great artistic, demographic, social, political, technological and economic transformations.