History of the World

  • 3001 BCE

    ANCIENT AGE- IV Millennium A.C until Fall of the Roman Empire of the West in the year 427a.C

    ANCIENT AGE- IV Millennium A.C until Fall of the Roman Empire of the West in the year 427a.C
    End of prehistory and beginning of history / Appearance of political power (palaces and kings), religions (temples and priests) / long distance trade / Conformation of first states of territorial extension
  • 3000 BCE

    METAL AGE - 3000a.C

    METAL AGE - 3000a.C
    Copper Age (Chalcolithic) - 1st metal worked by man / Bronze Age /
    Iron Age 12th century BC
  • 2500 BCE

    PALEOLITHIC - 2.500.000 years ago.

    PALEOLITHIC -  2.500.000 years ago.
    Lower Palaeolithic - Middle Paleolithic - Upper Palaeolithic / Tools used in stone, bone and sticks / Man hunter, fisherman and collector / Camp near the river to ensure food and drink.
  • 2500 BCE

    AGE STONE

    AGE STONE
    It is characterized by domestication of animals and plants and beginning of trade.
  • 1600 BCE

    NEOLITHIC PERIOD - 1.600.000 b.C

    NEOLITHIC PERIOD - 1.600.000 b.C
    Beginnings of fire use / Start of religious beliefs and funerary ceremonies.
  • 900 BCE

    POSTCLASIC PERIOD - 900 b.C until 16th century

    POSTCLASIC PERIOD - 900 b.C until 16th century
    • Abandonment of Great Highland Metropolis / Intellectually Dark Age / Toltec and Mexica villages flourish - Mixtecos - Tarascos - Huestascos - Mayas -ipipiles
  • MODERN AGE - XV and XVIII century

    MODERN AGE - XV and XVIII century
    There are next characteristics: Fall of Constantinople > Ends in the French Revolution / Progress, communication and reason / Religion - Military Revolution - Artists / Capitalism, bourgeoisie, Humanism and the Renaissance / Era of discoveries / Mobile Type Printing / Technological advancements / Industrial Revolution.