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It began 2.58 million years ago, and is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools.
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Is the final division of the Stone Age, began about 12,000 years ago when the first developments of farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East, and later in other parts of the world.
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Is the last period of prehistory. Is divided into three periods:
- Cooper Age, Is the Historical period in which copper was discovered and used.
- Bronze Age, is the prehistoric period in which this metal developed, being the result of the alloy of copper with tin.
- Iron Age, is the period in which the use of iron as a material for making weapons and tools was discovered and popularised. -
The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script, with the oldest coherent texts from about 2600 BC. Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC – AD 500.
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The fall of the Western Roman Empire was the period of decline of the Western Roman Empire when it lost the authority to exercise its dominion and its vast territory was divided into numerous political successor entities.
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Middle Ages (or medieval period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. They 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 Black Death refers to the most devastating plague pandemic in human history that affected Eurasia in the 14th century and peaked between 1347 and 1353.
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Christopher Columbus Discovered America in 1492. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited.
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Contemporary Age
The Contemporary Age started with the French Revolution in 1789 and still continues today. -
The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, which convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other nations in Europe that were confronting supporters and opponents of the system known as the Old Regime.
