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Is the period that begins with the appearance of the human being, about five million years ago, and finishes with the invention of writing, about 6,000 years ago. It has 3 stages: Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Metal Age.
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As a term refers to the aggregate of past events from the beginning of writing and recorded human history
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It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.
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Is the history of the world beginning after the Middle Ages. Generally the term "modern history" refers to the history of the world since the advent of the Age of Reason and the Age of Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
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Is the term used by historians to refer a period in the History from 1789 (French Revolution) to nowadays.
