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It is the time before written records. It's the period of human history we know the least about, but it's also the longest by far. The earliest known humans arrived in these lands around 900,000 years ago. Prehistory stretches from then until the Roman invasion in AD 43.
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It is a traditional period, widely used in the periodization of human history, defined by the emergence and development of the first civilizations that had writing, therefore called "ancient civilizations"
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The earliest known writing was invented there around 3400 B.C. in an area called Sumer near the Persian Gulf. The development of a Sumerian script was influenced by local materials: clay for tablets and reeds for styluses (writing tools).
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The plague that caused the Black Death originated in China in the early to mid-1300s and spread along trade routes westward to the Mediterranean and northern Africa. It reached southern England in 1348 and northern Britain and Scandinavia by 1350
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It was the period in European history from the collapse of Roman civilization in the 5th century CE to the period of the Renaissance (variously interpreted as beginning in the 13th, 14th, or 15th century, depending on the region of Europe and other factors).
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Johann Gutenberg invented the modern printing press in the mid-15th century. Although the Romans 400 years a. C. they used clay molds and the Chinese in the 11th century used porcelain pieces to make reproductions. -
The Reconquest is called the period of the history of the Iberian Peninsula of approximately 780 years between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492 before the expanding Christian kingdoms: this complete conquest of Granada marks the end of the period.
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It is a period in human history which spans from the 20th century begining with the period after the end of First World War and ending with the advent of the Digital revolution.
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It is the name given to the historical event that occurred on October 12, 1492, consisting of the arrival in America of an expedition from the Iberian Peninsula led by Christopher Columbus by order of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel de Castilla and Fernando de Aragón.
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From the discovery of America to the French Revolution (1789). Contemporary Age (1789 – present): from the French Revolution to the present.
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It was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, that convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other European nations that faced supporters and opponents of the system known as the Old Regime.
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The wheel was invented in the 4th millennium BC in Lower Mesopotamia(modern-day Iraq), where the Sumerian people inserted rotating axles into solid discs of wood. It was only in 2000 BC that the discs began to be hollowed out to make a lighter wheel. This innovation led to major advances in two main areas.
