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Palaeolithic period
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic , also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools. The Paleolithic Age in Europe preceded the Mesolithic Age, although the date of the transition varies geographically by several thousand years -
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Neolithic period
The Neolithic also known as the "New Stone Age", the final division of the Stone Age, began about 12,000 years ago when the first developments of farming -
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Metal age
The Metal Ages began about 6,000 years ago.
During the Metal Ages people started using metals, like copper, tin, bronze and iron, to make tools and weapons -
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Antiquity
Antiquity s the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 6th century AD centered on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the period in which both Greek and Roman societies flourished and wielded great influence throughout much of Europe, Northern Africa, and West Asia. -
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Middle ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or Medieval Period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. -
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Modern age
Modern history is the history of the world beginning after the Middle Ages. Generally the term "modern history" refers to the history of the world since the advent of the Age of Reason and the Age of Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. -
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Contemporary age
Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present. Contemporary history is either a subset of the late modern period, or it is one of the three major subsets of modern history, alongside the early modern period and the late modern period. The term contemporary history has been in use at least since the early 19th century
