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Prehistory is, according to the traditional definition, the period of time that has elapsed since the appearance of the first hominins, ancestors of Homo sapiens, until we have evidence of the existence of written documents, something that occurred first in the Near East towards the 3300a.
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Antiquity, also called Ancient Age or Ancient Period depending on the context, is a historical period between the end of prehistory - generally with the invention of writing and with it written history - and a variable date depending on the geographical area in question. . .
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The Middle Ages or Medieval period is the historical period of Western civilization between the 5th and 15th centuries. Its beginning is in the year 476, the year of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and its end in 1492, the year in which Columbus arrived in America.
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The Modern Age is the historical period that began in 1492 with the discovery of America and ended in 1789 with the French Revolution. It was a time of great economic, political and religious changes.
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The Contemporary Age is the historical period between the French Revolution (1789) and the present. It is an era characterized by revolutions and great artistic, demographic, social, political, technological and economic transformations.
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