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Period: 1550 BCE to 1077 BCE
Egypt - New Kingdom
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Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE
Roman Republic
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Period: 400 BCE to 31 BCE
Classical Greece
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Period: 27 BCE to 395
Roman Empire
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Period: 330 to 1054
Byzantine Empire Style
The Byzantine Empire continued until 1453 when the Ottoman Turks conquered it, however, in terms of this class we mostly discuss the period until the schism with the Roman church. This includes the Justinian Period from 527–565 and the Hagia Sophia in 867. -
Period: 687 to 1080
Early Islamic Style
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Period: 960 to 1279
China - Song Dynasty
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Period: 1000 to 1100
Romanesque Style
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Period: 1100 to 1400
Gothic
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Cologne Cathedral
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Little Morton Hall
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Saint Peter's Basilica
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Baroque
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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
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Rococo
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Neoclassical
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The Pantheon - Paris
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Antebellum Period US
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Brighton Royal Pavilion
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Romantic
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Victorian Era - England
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Victorian Era - US
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The Belle Epoque
It is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914.[1] Occurring during the era of the French Third Republic (beginning 1870), it was a period characterized by optimism, regional peace, economic prosperity, an apex of colonial empires and technological, scientific and cultural innovations. In the climate of the period, especially in Paris, the arts flourished. Link text -
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Sagrada Família
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Edwardian Period
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World War I
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Roaring 20s
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1930s The Great Depression
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World War II
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The 40s
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The 50s
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Korean War
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Vietnam War
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The 60s
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The 70s
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The 80s
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The 90s
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The New Millennium
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James T Kirk Born
The original space cowboy.
