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Period: 25,000 BCE to 3500 BCE
PREHISTORY
Prehistory is the period from the appearance of the first human beings to the invention of writing. Prehistory Division: 2,500,000 years B.C. up to 3,500 years B.C -
Period: 4 to 476
ANTIQUITY
Thus, the Ancient Age began in the year 4,000 BC, with the birth of writing, and ended in the year 476 AD, with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, an event with which the Middle Ages began. -
Period: 15 to 18
MODERN AGE
The Modern Age is the historical stage that takes place between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. In contrast to the Middle Ages, the Modern Age is characterized by cultural progress, discoveries, the creation of States, the development of the economy worldwide and a greater weight of reason over faith. -
Period: 476 to 1492
MIDDLE AGE
The Middle Ages is the historical period 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. -
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CONTEMPORARY AGE
The Contemporary Age is the historical period between the French Revolution (1789) and the present. It is a time characterized by revolutions and by great artistic, demographic, social, political, technological and economic transformations.