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3500 BCE
Invention of writing
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. -
2 BCE
Prehistory.
BEGAN: 2.5 MILLION YEARS AGO.
FINISH: INVENTION OF WRITTEN HISTORY.
It has two stages: The Stone Age and The Metal Age. -
476
Middle Ages.
BEGAN: FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
FINISH: 15th CENTURY. DISCOVERY OF AMERICA (1492).
TIME OF WAR BETWEEN KINGDOMS. PEOPLE BUILT CASTLES TO DEFEND THE TERRITORY. -
1347
The black plague
The black plague, bubonic plague or black death (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. -
1492
Discovery of America.
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. -
Jan 2, 1492
End of the Reconquest.
The period of the history of the Iberian Peninsula of approximately 780 years between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492 before the expanding Christian kingdoms is called the Reconquest: this complete conquest of Granada marks the end of the period. -
Contemporary Age.
The Contemporary Age is the historical period that covers from the end of the 18th century to the present. This period concentrates the most dramatic changes in the historical-social development in the shortest time. -
French Revolution.
The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, that convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other European nations that faced supporters and opponents of the system known as the Old Regime. -
Ancient History.
BEGAN: 3500 BC. WRITTEN HISTORY.
FINISH: AD 476. FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
It has three civilizations: Greeks, Egyptians and Romans. -
Invention of the wheel
The wheel is considered one of the most important inventions in the development of the human being. It was invented at the end of the Neolithic period, in the 5th millennium BC. The first wheels were simple discs with a hole in the middle. Its main use was for the art of pottery.