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It is assumed that the first inventors of writing were the Sumerians, who inhabited southern Mesopotamia. The first writing code appeared there in the year 3100 before Jesus, and shortly after writing was invented again almost 1600 kilometers away, in Egypt.
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The Ancient Age is a broad historical period that begins approximately in 4000 BC. and that ends in the year 476, with the fall of Rome. Due to the creation of writing, the Ancient Age supposes the closure of another historical stage such as Prehistory. -
Prehistory is the period from the appearance of the first hominids, some 2,500,000 years ago, to around 3000 BC. C. with the invention of writing in the region of lower Mesopotamia, the moment in which the history of humanity begins. -
The Middle Ages is the historical period that covers from the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476) to the Discovery of America (1492). This long historical period, also known as feudalism, was a social, political and economic organization based on land and vassalage. -
The black plague, bubonic plague or black death, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, has been one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It hit Europe in the 14th century and peaked between 1347 and 1353, killing more than a third of Europe's population. -
The invention of the printing press is attributed to the German, Johannes Gutenberg in the year 1440. Gutenberg is considered to be "the father of the printing press", after years trying to dispute the title between the French, Italians, Dutch and Germans. -
On October 12, 1492, a group of Spaniards led by the Italian Christopher Columbus arrived on an island called Guanahaní after crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Although they thought they were in the Indies (in Asia), they had actually discovered a new continent: America. -
The Modern Age is the historical stage that takes place between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. In contrast to the Middle Ages, the Modern Age is characterized by cultural progress, discoveries, the creation of States, the development of the world economy and a greater weight of reason against faith. -
The Spanish Reconquest has been named by national historiography as the period between the defeat of the patriotic forces in Rancagua, on October 1 and 2, 1814, and their subsequent victory at the Battle of Chacabuco, on February 12, 1817.
