History periods timeline.

The Paleolithic period is when stone tools were made by humans. The Palaeolithic is by far the longest period of humanity's time, about 99% of human history.The Palaeolithic age began when hominids (early humans) started to use stones as tools for bashing, cutting and scraping.

The Neolithic period began about 12,000 years ago when the first developments of farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East, and later in other parts of the world. The term Neolithic derives from the Greek νέος néos, "new", and λίθος líthos, "stone", literally meaning "New Stone Age".The Neolithic comprises a progression of behavioral and cultural characteristics and changes, including the use of wild and domestic crops and of domesticated animals.

In the Metal Age where groups of people begin to form villages and begin to establish sedentary towns, able to produce their tools and food to stay alive and to live in a community.The Metal Age can be divided into three major parts, such as the Copper Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.

Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 6th century AD centered on the Mediterranean Sea,[note 1] comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known as the Greco-Roman world. It is the period in which both Greek and Roman societies flourished and wielded great influence throughout much of Europe, Northern Africa, and West Asia.

The phrase “Middle Ages” tells us more about the Renaissance that followed it than it does about the era itself.After the fall of Rome, no single state or government united the people who lived on the European continent. Instead, the Catholic Church became the most powerful institution of the medieval period.Between the 10th and 13th centuries, most European cathedrals were built in the Romanesque style.

The Modern era inclued the early period, called the early modern period, witch lasted from 1500- present. The Modern period convers human histori fro the creation of the more global networc to the present day.