Historia

History Timeline

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  • Period: 250,000 BCE to 3500 BCE

    Prehistory

    The Prehistory goes from the appearance of human beings to the invention of writing.
  • 50,000 BCE

    The discovery of fire

    The discovery of fire
    In the year 500,000 BC. prehistoric people discovered fire
  • 3500 BCE

    Appearance of writing

    Appearance of writing
    writing marked the change from prehistory to the ancient age, it was discovered in the year 3500 BC
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 476

    Ancient History

    The Ancient Age is the period of history that begins with the invention of writing, around 3000 BC. C. and ends with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, in 476 AD. C. During the Ancient Age the first great civilizations emerged such as Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
  • 476

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire
    The fall of the Western Roman Empire was in the year 476 AD and marked the transition from the ancient age to the middle ages.
  • Period: 476 to 1492

    The Middle Ages

    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.
  • 1453

    Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire

    Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire
    In the year 1453 AD the Eastern Roman Empire fell and the modern age began
  • Period: 1492 to

    The Modern Ages

    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.

  • French Revolution

    French Revolution
    The French Revolution was a social and political process that developed in France between 1789 and 1799 whose main consequences were the abolition of the absolute monarchy and the proclamation of the Republic, eliminating the economic and social bases of the Old Regime.
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    Contemporary Age

    Contemporary Age is the name given to the historical period between the Declaration of Independence of the United States or the French Revolution, and the present. It includes, if we start from the French Revolution, a total of 234 years, between 1789 and the present.