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Period: 250,000 BCE to 3500 BCE
Prehistoria
Prehistory is the period from the appearance of the first human beings to the invention of writing. -
15,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Is the longest period of human existence and extends from about 2.59 million years ago until about 12,000 years ago. -
12,000 BCE
Neolithic
Was a term coined by J. Lubbock in 1865 to refer to the cultural stage that developed from about 12,000 years ago to 5,000 B.C. about. -
10,000 BCE
discovery of fire
The discovery of fire and its application in cooking is attributed to Homo Erectus —successor to Homo Habilis— who inhabited the earth between 1,000,000 and 300,000 B.C. in the middle of the ice age. -
10,000 BCE
Mesolithic
Period of Prehistory that extends approximately between 10,000 years and 5,000 before Christ. -
4500 BCE
Discovery of wheel
Most of the authors estimate that the wheel was invented in the 5th millennium BC. C. in Mesopotamia, during the El Obeid period (circa 4500 BC), in the ancient region known as the Fertile Crescent, initially, with the function of a potter's wheel. -
Period: 3000 BCE to 476
Antiquity
Stage in the history of the Mediterranean world between the invention of writing, around 3000 BC. C., and the dissolution of the Western Roman Empire, in 476 d. c. -
105
Invention of paper
Historical sources attribute the invention of paper to Ts'ai Lun, a dignitary of the Chinese imperial court who in 105 AD. C. began to produce sheets of paper using scraps of used cloth, tree bark and fishing nets. -
Period: 476 to 1492
Middle ages
Historical period of Western civilization between the fifth and fifteenth centuries. Its beginning is in the year 476, the year of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and its end in 1492. -
1200
Discovery of gunpowder
Gunpowder was invented in China to make fireworks and weapons, around the 9th century AD, although they did not conceive of firearms as we know them. The Byzantines and the Arabs introduced it to Europe around 1200. -
1492
Discovery of America
Christopher Columbus, representing the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon, Spanish kingdoms, made four famous voyages from Europe to America in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. In the first of them he arrived in America on October 12, 1492, to an island in the Bahamas called Guanahani. -
Period: 1492 to
Modern age
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. -
Steam machine
In the year 1769 it was Watt who patented the steam engine as such. That is why some consider Watt to be the real inventor of the steam engine. With his machine, Watt introduced substantial improvements to previous machines that used steam power in a very poor way. -
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Contemporary age
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. -
Discovery of the light bulb
On October 19, 1879, the American inventor Thomas Alva Edison succeeded with his test of leaving an incandescent filament on for several days. Since then, that day is considered the date of birth of the light bulb.