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It began 2.58 million years ago.
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It began about 12,000 years ago when the first developments of farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East.
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It is the last period of Prehistory. Is divided into three periods:
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Antiquity is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 6th century AC.
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The 'Middle Ages' are called this because it is the time between the fall of Imperial Rome and the beginning of the Early modern Europe.
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The Modern Age started with the discovery of America in 1492 in the XVth century.
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The Contemporary Age started with the French Revolution in 1789 and still continues today.