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250,000 BCE
PALEOLITHIC AGE
This is the longest period of Prehistory. Our ancestors learnt to use fire, began making utensils, and expressed themselves artitically. -
8000 BCE
NEOLITHIC AGE
Thanks to agriculture and livestock, humans no longer needed to be nomadic, and became sedentary. The first stable settlements appeared. -
4000 BCE
METAL AGES
People began making tools, weapons and utensils out of metals.Societies became more complex. -
3000 BCE
ANCIENT TIMES
The Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilisations were very important during this period. It ends with the fall of the Roman Empire -
476
MIDDLE AGES
Europe followed a feudal system in wich nobles had most of the power. The voyages of Columbus introduced Europeans to other cultures. -
1492
MODERN AGE
Some kings and queens ruled as absolute monarchs. New cultural and artistic movements, such as the Enlightenment, developed -
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
The French Revolution and its fight for liberty marked the beginning of Contemporary History. We currently live in this area.