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Period: 4 BCE to 476
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, an event with which the Middle Ages begin. -
3 BCE
Discovery of writing
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Period: 1 BCE to 3 BCE
Prehistory
Prehistory is the time that goes from the appearance of the first human beings to the invention of writing. Division of Prehistory: 2,500,000 years B.C. up to 3,500 years BC. -
476
Fall of the Western Roman empire
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Period: 476 to 1492
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages or Medieval is the historical period of Western civilization between the fifth and fifteenth centuries. Its beginning is in the year 476, the year of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and its end in 1492, the year in which Columbus arrived in America. -
1492
Discovery of America
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Period: 1492 to
Modern Ages
Modern Age (1492 – 1789): from the discovery of America to the French Revolution (1789). -
French Revolution
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Contemporany age
The Contemporary Age is the historical period between the French Revolution (1789) and the present day. -
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