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Period: 99,999 BCE to 3 BCE
prehistory
It begins with the appearance of Human Beings, approximately four million years ago, and ends with the invention of writing 3.500 (a.c). -
6000 BCE
neolithic
development of the productive economy, the sedentary and emergence of the first villages, the use of polished stone and ceramics, and the construction of megalithic monuments. -
3500 BCE
Ancient Age
The Ancient Age is a traditional period, widely used in the periodization of human history, defined by the emergence and development of the first civilizations that had writing, called therefore ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS.. -
3000 BCE
Paleolithic
is the oldest of prehistoric periods, it predates the Mesolithic, and is characterized by the manufacture and use of carved stone tools, the practice of predation. -
1000 BCE
Metal Age
The Copper Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and is characterized by the use of metal in utensils and weapons. -
476
Middle Age
from the 5th century to the 15th century. Ten centuries of history that begins with the fall of the Roman Empire of the West, in the year 476 A.D. and that ends at the end of the fifteenth century, in 1492, with the discovery of the American Continent. -
1492
Modern age
Historical period, after the Middle Ages and before the Contemporary Age, from the 15th century to the end of the 18th century. -
contemporary age
historical period between the Declaration of Independence of the United States or the French Revolution, and the present. It includes, if one considers its beginning in the French Revolution, a total of 230 years, between 1789 and the present.