History timeline

  • Period: 5000 BCE to 3500 BCE

    Prehistory

    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 first occurred in the Near East around 3300 BC
  • 3500 BCE

    Written documents

    There were 4 types of written documents: cuneiform hieroglyphic, ideographic and alphabetic they were written on papyrus and clay tablet
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 476

    Ancient history

    It begins with the invention of writing, about 5,000 years ago, and ends with the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD.
  • 476

    fall of the 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 1492

    the middle ages

    The Middle Ages is the historical period that spans from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Discovery of America This long historical period, also known as feudalism, was a social, political and economic organization based on land and vassalage.
  • Period: 1492 to

    modern age

    The Modern Age is the third of the historical periods into which universal history is conventionally divided, between the 15th and 18th centuries.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    discovery of america

    Discovery of America is the name given to the historical event that made known what happened on October 12, 1492, consisting of the arrival of an expedition to America.
  • The French Revolution

    The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, which convulsed the France of the Ancien Regime, and other countries by extension of its implications.
  • Period: to

    the 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.
  • computers

    A Computer is a System made up of programs and electronic elements, which together allow the processing and ordering of information. The programs are known as Software and the electronic elements are known as Hardware.