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 alphabetical, they were written on papyrus and a clay tablet.
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 476

    Ancient History

    The Ancient Age begins with the invention of writing, about 5,000 years ago, and ends with the fall of the Roman Empire in the year 476 AD (5th century).
  • 476

    Fall of the Roman Empire

    The fall was in September 476.
    Its causes are the weakness of the different emperors, misgovernment, the difficulty in collecting taxes and the pressure of barbarian peoples on the borders.
  • Period: 476 to 1492

    The middle Ages

    It begins after the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 and ended in 1492 with the discovery of America.
  • Period: 1453 to

    The Modern Age

    In this period there were great changes in science and technology, it began in 1492 with the discovery of America and ended in 1789 with the French Revolution.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The discovery of America

    It was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
    It was with 3 calls: the girl, the pinta and the Santa María.
  • Period: to

    The Contemporary Age

    The contemporary age began in 1789 with the French Revolution until today.
  • French Revolution

    Napoleon Bonaparte carried out a coup d'état in November 1799 and established the Consulate and the Empire as a political regime.