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90,000 BCE
Pre-History
This period start about four million years ago and finishes with the invention of writting about 3000 B.C.
Period of the history of the humanity that includes / understands from the origin of the man until the appearance of the first written testimonies, moment at which the historical period begins properly said. -
Period: 28,000 BCE to 17,000 BCE
Palaeolithic Age
The Palaeolithic Age extends from our first ancestors to about 9000 B.C. The first human beings lived from hunting, fishing, and gathering wild fruit and were nomadic. -
Period: 4500 BCE to 1700 BCE
Neolithic Age
The Neolithic Age began about 9000 B.C. to the invention of writting, about 3000 B.C. Human beings lived from agriculture and cattle raising and were sedentary. -
Period: 1700 BCE to 1000
Metal Age
The Metal Ages began about 7000 years ago. Human beings learned to use metals to make objects.
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age. It is an archaeological era in the prehistory and protohistory of Europe and the Ancient Near East, and by analogy also used of other parts of the Old World.