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Period: 250,000 BCE to 3500 BCE
Prehistory
Prehistory is, according to the traditional definition, the period of time that has elapsed since the appearance of the first hominins, ancestors of Homo sapiens, until we have evidence of the existence of written documents, something that occurred first in the East. -
50,000 BCE
The descovery of fire
The first evidence of the use of fire by humans comes from various archaeological sites in East Africa, such as Chesowanja - near Lake Baringo -, Koobi Fora and Olorgesailie, in Kenya. The evidence found at Chesowanja consists of fragments of red clay dating back 1.42 million years. -
Period: 3500 BCE to 476
Ancient history
La Antigüedad, también llamada Edad Antigua o Periodo Antiguo según el contexto, es un periodo histórico comprendido entre el final de la prehistoria —generalmente con la invención de la escritura y con ello la historia escrita -
Period: 476 to 1492
The middle Ages
The Middle Ages is the historical period that spans from the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476) to the Discovery of America (1492). This long historical period, also known as feudalism, was a social, political and economic organization based on land and vassalage. -
1453
Fall of the Western Roman empire
Odoacer, king of the Heruli, overthrows the last emperor of Rome, Romulus Augustulus, on September 4, 476. This event marks the end of the Roman Empire: the western empire disappears while the eastern Byzantine empire survives until the fall of Constantinople. in 1453 -
Period: 1492 to
The modern ages
In this period, the power of centralized monarchies was consolidated and, during the following centuries, they became the main nations of Europe. Its enrichment allowed the exploration of other territories and the reactivation of trade routes that connected the continent with the rest of the world. -
French revolution
The French Revolution represented the end of the Ancien Regime and the beginning of modernity, which in some ways is still the era that the French enjoy today. Louis XVI embodied the contradiction between two opposing eras -
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Contemporary age
The Contemporary Age is the name given to the historical period between the Declaration of Independence of the United States, the French Revolution or the Spanish-American Wars of Independence, and the present day. -
Apearance of writing
It is assumed that the first inventors of writing were the Sumerians, who lived in southern Mesopotamia. The first writing code appeared there in the year 3100 BC, and shortly after writing was invented again almost 1600 kilometers away, in Egypt.