Ages of History

Periods of human history

1. HISTORY

2. ANCIENT HISTORY 3.200 BC to 476 AC Since the appearance of writing u ntil the fall of the Roman Empire .

3. ANCIENT HISTORY 3.200 BC Starts with the appearance of writing

4. ANCIENT HISTORY During this period the earliest civilizations developed in the East and the Mediterranean: Egypt, Greece, Roma

5. ANCIENT HISTORY They were predominantly agrarian societies. Unified politically in empires. Had a hierarchical social organization. There was slavery.

6. ANCIENT HISTORY 476 AC Ends with the fall of the Roman Empire .

7. MIDDLE/MEDIEVAL/POSTCLASSICAL HISTORY 476 to 1492 Since the fall of the Roman Empire until the discovery of America

8. MIDDLE/MEDIEVAL/POSTCLASSICAL HISTORY 476 AC Starts with the fall of the Roman Empire

9. MIDDLE/MEDIEVAL/POSTCLASSICAL HISTORY Without emperors, feudal kings got greater importance in each locality. The only universal and unified power was the catholic church. The economy was based on agriculture developed by the serfs who got only the minimum to survive.

10. MIDDLE/MEDIEVAL/POSTCLASSICAL HISTORY 1492 AC Ends with the discovery of America.

11. MODERN HISTORY 1492 AC to 1789 AC Since the discovery of America until the French Revolution.

12. MODERN HISTORY 1492 AC Starts with the discovery of America

13. MODERN HISTORY Many geographic discoveries took place. International commerce increased. The first modern factories appeared. Burgeoisie became a powerful social and economic group

14. MODERN HISTORY 1789 AC Ends with the French Revolution.

15. CONTEMPORARY AGE 1789 to 2015 Since the French Revolution to our days.

16. CONTEMPORARY AGE Industrial revolution. American independence. World war I. World war II.

17. CONTEMPORARY AGE Development of the republican democracies. Socialism. Capitalism

18. CONTEMPORARY AGE Progress of science and technology

19. CONTEMPORARY AGE 2015 Continues