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Period: 259,999 BCE to 3500 BCE
Prehistory
It is the period before the beginning of History and covers from the appearance of human beings to the invention of writing. -
3500 BCE
The appareance of written texts
Writing is invented in Mesopotamia and Egypt. -
Period: 3500 BCE to 476
Ancient History
It is the period of history that begins with the invention of writing, around 3000 BC. C. and ends with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, in 476 AD. -
476
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
The Western Roman Empire falls with Emperor Romulus Augustus. -
Period: 476 to 1453
The Middle Ages
It is the historical period that spans from the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476) to the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire (1453). -
1440
Invention of the printing press
Answering who invented the printing press takes us to the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Modern Age. The invention of the printing press is attributed to the German, Johannes Gutenberg in the year 1440. -
1453
Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire
The Eastern Roman Empire falls with Arcadius Constantine XI. -
Period: 1453 to
Modern Age
It is the period of History between the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. C., and the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789. -
1492
Discovery of America
Christopher Columbus discovered America with three ships (the Pint, the Girl and the Santa María). -
French Revolution
It was a social and political process that developed in France between 1789 and 1799 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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Contemporary Age
Historical period between the French Revolution (1789) and the present.