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99,999 BCE
EMERGENCE OF HUMAN BEINGS
The currently most accepted scientific hypothesis about the origin of humanity is that the modern human species (called Homo sapiens) emerged in Africa, about 200,000 years ago, after an evolutionary process of millions of years. -
Period: 99,999 BCE to 3500 BCE
PREHISTORIA
Prehistory is divided into two major stages: The Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic). the Age of Metals (Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age). -
3500 BCE
APPEARANCE WRITTEN TEXTS
The first writing techniques date back to the fourth millennium BC. C. It emerged in Egypt, Mesopotamia and China. The system created in the Middle East and Egypt quickly spread to nearby cultural areas and is the origin of most of the world's writings. -
Period: 3500 BCE to 476
ANCIENT AGE
In summary, the Ancient Age was a period in which writing emerged, legal systems were developed, agriculture was the main economic activity and was promoted by great civilizations such as Rome, Greece and Egypt. -
476
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: 476 to 1453
THE MIDDLE AGES
This long historical period, also known as feudalism, was a social, political and economic organization based on land and vassalage. -
1453
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE OF ORINETE
May 29, 1453: The capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans ends the Byzantine Empire. After centuries of decline, the fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. The city, renamed Istanbul, became the new capital of the powerful Ottoman dominion. -
Period: 1453 to
MODERN AGE
The Modern Age was a time of gigantic changes in political, social, economic, cultural and scientific fields, which laid the foundations of the world as we know it today. It marked a departure from the religious obscurantism that prevailed in the West during the Middle Ages. -
FRENCH REVOLUTION
The French Revolution was a social and political process that developed in France between 1789 and 1799 whose main consequences were the abolition of the absolute monarchy and the proclamation of the Republic, eliminating the economic and social bases of the Old Regime. -
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CONTEMPORARY AGE
It is an era characterized by revolutions and great artistic, demographic, social, political, technological and economic transformations.