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Our genus Homo first appeared about 2.5 or 3 million years ago. For a long time H. habilis was considered the oldest of the genus, but in 2010 a new species was found, called H. gautengensis, which could be older. -
During prehistory, the first forms of art or subjective expression of humanity occurred, generally consisting of cave paintings on cave walls, using different substances as paint: blood, animal fat and certain pigments.
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The first writings appear in Sumeria, then the Egyptians appeared, whom we consider the fathers of writing. -
It is the historical period that witnessed the emergence and development of the first human civilizations
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Odoacer, king of the Heruli, defeats the last emperor of Rome, Romulus Augustulus. This event marks the end of the Roman Empire: the Western Empire disappears -
This long historical period, also known as feudalism, was a social, political and economic organization based on land and vassalage.
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It was a time of great economic, political and religious changes.
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After centuries of decline, in 1453, the fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. -
A group of Spaniards led by the Italian Christopher Columbus arrived at an island called Guanahaní after crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Although they thought they were in the Indies (in Asia), in reality they had discovered a new continent: America. -
It is an era characterized by revolutions and great artistic, demographic, social, political, technological and economic transformations.
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The French Revolution was a social and political process that developed in France 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.