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Period: 99,999 BCE to 3500 BCE
prehistory
It is the time that goes from the appearance of the first human beings to the invention of writing. -
3500 BCE
Invention of writing
The first inventors of writing were the Sumerian people, who lived in southern Mesopotamia. The first writing code appeared there in the year 3100 BC, and shortly after writing was invented again almost 1600 kilometers away, in Egypt. -
Period: 3500 BCE to 476
Ancient history
In ancient times the first cities arose and developed.
At this time writing developed, urban life began, religions and political power appeared, they had slaves and paid taxes. -
476
Fall of the western roman empire
Odoacer, king of the Heruli, overthrows the last emperor of Rome, Romulus Augustulus, on September 4, 476. -
Period: 476 to 1453
The middle ages
This long historical period, also known as feudalism, was a social, political and economic organization based on land and vassalage. -
1453
Fall of the eastern roman empire
May 29, 1453: The capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans ends the Byzantine Empire. After centuries of decline, the fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. The city, renamed Istanbul, became the new capital of the powerful Ottoman dominion. -
Period: 1453 to
The modern age
In this period there were great changes in science and technology, which had enormous repercussions on the work, military and philosophical life of the West. Furthermore, faith in progress, communication and reason was established, new philosophical values. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a social and political process that developed in France whose main consequences were the abolition of the absolute monarchy and the proclamation of the Republic, eliminating the economic and social bases of the Old Regime. -
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The contemporary age
It is an era characterized by revolutions and great artistic, demographic, social, political, technological and economic transformations.