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Period: 250,000 BCE to 4000 BCE
Prehistory
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50,000 BCE
The fire
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4000 BCE
The Writing
The oldest known form of writing is called cuneiform. -
Period: 4000 BCE to 476 BCE
Antiquity
The Ancient Age begins in the year 4,000 BC, with the birth of writing, and ends in the year 476 AD, with the fall of the Western Roman Empire. -
Period: 476 BCE to 1500
Midle Age
The Middle Ages began in 476 with the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire and ended with the fall of the Byzantine Empire at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th century. -
Period: 1492 to
Modern Age
Modern Age: from the discovery of America to the French Revolution. -
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Contemporary Age
Contemporary Age: from the French Revolution to the present.