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Period: 99,999 BCE to 3500 BCE
Prehistory
Is the period before the beginning of the History and covers from the appearance of human beings to the invention of writing. -
Period: 99,999 BCE to 37,977 BCE
Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic)
The Stone Age refers to a time in the distant past. It began about 3 million years ago and lasted until about 40,000 years ago. It is called that because during that time our distant ancestors made their tools from stones. -
Period: 6000 BCE to 1000 BCE
The age of metals (Copper Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age)
This marks the end of the so-called Stone Age, at the end of the Neolithic period. So the Age of Metals extends between the year 6,000 B.C. and the year 1,000 BC. C., approximately, thus marking the end of prehistory. -
3500 BCE
The appearance of written texts
It is the event with which Prehistory ends and with which the Ancient Age begins. -
Period: 3500 BCE to 476
Ancient History
The first great civilizations emerged such as Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. -
1750 BCE
Written drafting of the first laws
To guarantee harmonious coexistence between people, during the Ancient Age the first laws were written. These classified crimes and applied penalties to criminals. The first known compilation of laws dates back to 1750 BC. C. and was ordered by Hammurabi, king of the Mesopotamian city of Babylon. -
476 BCE
The fall of the West Roman Empire.
It is the event with which the Ancient Age ends and with which the Middle Ages begins. -
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. -
Period: 800 to 1400
Rise of Feudalism
Feudalism was a social, political and economic system that predominated during the Middle Ages, from the 9th to the 15th century. It was characterized by the vassalage system and is considered by many to be the "Dark Ages", due to bloody wars, epidemics and little scientific progress. -
1453
The fall of the Eastern Roman Empire.
It is the event with which the Middle Ages end and the Modern Age begins. -
Period: 1453 to
The Modern Age
It is the third of the historical periods into which universal history is conventionally divided, between the 15th and 18th centuries. -
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The Contemporary Age
It is an era characterized by revolutions and great artistic, demographic, social, political, technological and economic transformations. -
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The 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. With this even finished the Modern Ages and begins the Contemporary Age.