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Human time periods

Prehistorical periods

• The Stone Age
  Stone Age
  
  The Stone Age is a broad prehistory time period during which humans widely used Rock for toolmaking.Stone tools were made from a variety of different kinds of stone....
  
• In some regions the Stone Age is divided into the Paleolithic
  Paleolithic
  
  The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic or "Old Stone" era is a Prehistory era distinguished by the development of the first stone tools, and covers roughly 99% of human history....
   Age (Old Stone Age) and the Neolithic
  Neolithic
  
  The Neolithic period was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 Before the Christian Era in the Middle East that is traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age....
   Age (New Stone Age).
• In other regions the Stone Age is divided into the Paleolithic Age, the Mesolithic
  Mesolithic
  
  The Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age was a period in the development of human technology in between the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age and the Neolithic or New Stone Age....
   Age (Middle Stone Age, also called the Epipaleolithic
  Epipaleolithic
  
  The Epipaleolithic is a term used for the "final Upper Palaeolithic industries occurring at the end of the final last Ice Age which appear to merge technologically into the Mesolithic"....
   Age), and the Neolithic Age.
• The Copper Age
  Copper Age
  
  The Chalcolithic period or Copper Age period [also known as the Eneolithic ], is a phase in the development of human culture in which the use of early metal tools appeared alongside the use of stone tools....
   (aka Chalcolithic Age). The Copper Age was not part of the original three-age system.
• The Bronze Age
  Bronze Age
  
  The Bronze Age is, with respect to a given prehistory, the period in that society when the most advanced metalworking included smelting copper and tin from naturally-occurring outcroppings of copper and tin ores, creating a bronze alloy by melting those metals together, and casting them into bronze artifact s....
  
• The Iron Age
  Iron Age
  
  In archaeology, the Iron Age was the stage in the development of any people in which tools and weapons whose main ingredient was iron were prominent....
  

Historical periods

• Ancient history
  Ancient history
  
  Ancient history is the history from the History of writing until the Early Middle Ages in Europe, the Qin Dynasty in China, the Chola Empire in India, and some less defined point in the rest of the world ....
  , Classical antiquity
  Classical antiquity
  
  Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome....
  
• Mesopotamia
  Timeline of Ancient Mesopotamia
  
  Ancient Mesopotamia was settled and conquered by numerous ancient civilizations. Dates for events in ancient Mesopotamia are still controversial, and several different methods and standards of dating exist for the Chronology of the ancient Near East; therefore, all dates in this article are only estimates....
   (3500 BC - 559 BC)
• Indus Valley Civilization
  Indus Valley Civilization
  
  The Indus Valley Civilization , abbreviated IVC, was an ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus River basin. Primarily centered along the Indus river, the civilization encompassed most of Pakistan, including its Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan provinces, and extending into modern day Indian states of Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab...
   (3300 BC - 1300 BC)
• Old Kingdom
  Old Kingdom
  
  The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to that period in the 3rd millennium BCE when Ancient Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement ? this was the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley ....
   (Egypt
  Egypt
  
  Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
  , 3000 BC - 2000 BC)
• Middle Kingdom
  Middle Kingdom
  
  The Middle Kingdom may refer to*China*The Middle Kingdom of Egypt*A group of midwest U.S. states associated with the Society for Creative Anachronism...
   (Egypt
  Egypt
  
  Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
  , 2000 BC - 1300 BC)
• Shang Dynasty
  Shang Dynasty
  
  The Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty was according to traditional sources the first Dynasties in Chinese history. They ruled in the northeastern region of the area known as "China proper", in the Yellow River valley....
   (China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
   1800 BC - 1200 BC)
• Vedic Period
  Vedic period
  
  The Vedic Period is the period during which the Vedas, the oldest sacred texts of Indo-Iranians, were being composed. Scholars place the Vedic period in the 2nd millennium BCE and 1st millennium BCE millennia BCE continuing up to the 6th century BCE based on literary evidence....
   (India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
   1500 BC - 500 BC)
• New Kingdom
  New Kingdom
  
  The New Kingdom, sometimes referred to as the Egyptian Empire, is the period in ancient Egyptian History of Ancient Egypt between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC, covering the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt, and Twentieth dynasty of Egypt....
   (Egypt
  Egypt
  
  Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
  , 1300 BC - 700 BC)
• Zhou Dynasty
  Zhou Dynasty
  
  The Zhou Dynasty was preceded by the Shang Dynasty and followed by the Qin Dynasty in China. The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in China history?though the actual political and military control of China by the dynasty only lasted during the Western Zhou....
   (China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
   1200 BC - 500 BC)
• Ancient Greece
  Ancient Greece
  
  The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
   (Greece
  Greece
  
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
   and Near East
  Near East
  
  Near East today is an ambiguous term that covers different countries for archeologists and historians, on one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other....
  , c. 1000 BC- 31 BC, see Timeline of Ancient Greece
  Timeline of Ancient Greece
  
  This is a timeline of ancient Greece.All dates are Before Common Era....
  )
• Jomon period
  Jomon period
  
  The is the time in history of Japan from about 14th millennium BC to 5th century BC.The term "Jomon" means "cord-patterned" in Japanese. This refers to the markings made on clay vessels and figures using sticks with cords wrapped around them which are characteristic of the Jomon people....
   (Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
   800 BC-400 BC)
• Ancient Rome
  Timeline of ancient Rome
  
  This is a Timeline of events concerning ancient Rome, from the city foundation until the last attempt of the Byzantine Empire to re-conquer Rome....
   (509 BC - 476)
• Yayoi Period
  Yayoi period
  
  The is an era in the history of Japan from about 500 BC to 300 AD. It is named after the neighbourhood of Tokyo where Archaeology first uncovered artifacts and features from that era....
   (Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
   400 BC - 300)
• Kofun Period
  Kofun period
  
  The is an era in the history of Japan from around 250 to 538. The word kofun is Japanese for the type of tumuluss dating from this era. The Kofun period follows the Yayoi period....
   (Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
   300- 600)
• Migration Period
  Migration Period
  
  The Migration Period, also called Barbarian Invasions or V?lkerwanderung , was a period of human migration which occurred within the period of roughly 300?700 Common Era in Europe, marking the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages....
   (Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
   200 - 700)
• Middle Ages
  Middle Ages
  
  File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
   (Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  , 4th century - 15th century)
• Early Middle Ages European
  History of Europe
  
  The history of Europe describes the passage of time from humans inhabiting the European Continental Europe to the present day. For convenience sake, historians divide long periods into more manageable eras....
   (500–1000 CE)
• Dark Age (Europe, 4th century - 900)
• Viking Age
  Viking Age
  
  Viking Age is the term for the period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, spanning the eighth to eleventh centuries....
   (Scandinavia
  Scandinavia
  
  Scandinavia is a historical and geographical subregion in northern Europe that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities also include Finland and some might even include Iceland....
  , Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  , 793–1066)
• Asuka period
  Asuka period
  
  The , was a period in the history of Japan lasting from 538 to 710 , although its beginning could be said to overlap with the preceding Kofun period. The Yamato polity evolved much during the Asuka period, which is named after the Asuka, Yamato region, about 25 km south to the modern city of Nara, Nara....
  , Nara period
  Nara period
  
  The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794. Empress Gemmei established the capital of Heijo-kyo . Except for 5 years , when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kammu established a new capital, Nagaoka-kyo, in 784 before moving to Heian-kyo , or Kyoto, a decade lat...
  , Heian period
  Heian period
  
  The is the last division of classical History of Japan, running from 794 to 1185. It is the period in Japanese history when Confucianism and other Chinese culture were at their height....
  , Kamakura period
  Kamakura period
  
  The is a period of History of Japan that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
  , Muromachi period
  Muromachi period
  
  The was a division of History of Japan running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Ashikaga shogunate, which was officially established in 1336 by the first Muromachi shogun, Ashikaga Takauji....
  , and Azuchi-Momoyama period
  Azuchi-Momoyama period
  
  The came at the end of the Sengoku period in Japan, when the political unification that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate took place....
   (Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
  , 538 - 1603)
• Southern and Northern Dynasties
  Southern and Northern Dynasties
  
  The Southern and Northern Dynasties followed the Jin Dynasty and preceded Sui Dynasty in China. It was an age of civil war and political disunity....
  , Sui Dynasty
  Sui Dynasty
  
  The Sui Dynasty followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. It ended nearly four centuries of division between rival regimes....
  , Tang Dynasty
  Tang Dynasty
  
  The Tang Dynasty was an Dynasties in Chinese history preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire....
  , Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  , 420 - 960), Liao Dynasty
  Liao Dynasty
  
  The Liao Dynasty , 907-1125, also known as the Khitan Empire , was an empire in East Asia that ruled over the regions of Manchuria, Mongolia, and parts of northern China proper....
  , Song Dynasty
  Song Dynasty
  
  The Song Dynasty was a ruling Chinese dynasty in China between 960–1279 AD; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty....
  , Jin Dynasty (1115–1234), Western Xia
  Western Xia
  
  The Western Xia Dynasty or the Tangut Empire was a state that existed from 1038 up to 1227 in what are now the northwestern provinces of China of Gansu, Shaanxi, and Ningxia....
   Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty
  Yuan Dynasty
  
  The Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was both the continuation of the Mongol Empire and the Mongol founded historical state in Mongolia and China, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368....
  , and Ming Dynasty
  Ming Dynasty
  
  The Ming Dynasty , or Empire of the Great Ming , was the ruling Dynasties in Chinese history of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty....
   (China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  , 220 - 1644)
• Classic and Postclassic eras
  Mesoamerican chronology
  
  Mesoamerican chronology divides the history of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica into a number of named successive eras or periods, from the earliest evidence of human habitation through to the early Colonial period which followed the Spanish colonization of the Americas....
  , Central America (200 - 1519)
• Gupta Empire
  Gupta Empire
  
  The Gupta Empire was ruled by members of the Gupta dynasty from around 280 to 550 CE and covered most of Northern India, Southern and Eastern Pakistan, parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan and what is now western India and Bangladesh....
  , Pala Empire
  Pala Empire
  
  The Pala Empire was a dynasty in control of the northern and eastern Indian subcontinent, mainly the Bihar and Bengal regions, from the 8th to the 12th century....
  , Rashtrakuta
  Rashtrakuta
  
  The Rashtrakuta Dynasty was a Royal family Indian dynasty ruling large parts of southern, central and northern India between the sixth and the thirteenth centuries....
  , Hoysala Empire
  Hoysala Empire
  
  The Hoysala Empire was a prominent South Indian Kannadiga empire that ruled most of the modern day States and territories of India of Karnataka between the 10th and the 14th centuries....
  , and Kakatiya Empire (India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  , 280 – 1323)
• Islamic Golden Age
  Islamic Golden Age
  
  The Islamic Golden Age, also sometimes known as the Islamic Renaissance, was traditionally dated from the 700 A.D. to 1200 A.D.Common Era, but has been extended to the 15th and 16th centuries by some scholars....
   (Islam
  Islam
  
  Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
  , 700 - 1300)
• High Middle Ages
  High Middle Ages
  
  The High Middle Ages was the periodization of history of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries . The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500....
   (Feudalism
  Feudalism
  
  Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period , in its most classic sense refers to a Middle Ages European political system composed of a set of reciprocal law and military obligations among the warrior nobility, revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals, and fiefs....
  ) European military expansion (1000–1450 CE)
• Srivijaya
  Srivijaya
  
  Srivijaya or Sriwijaya was an ancient Malays kingdom on the island of Sumatra, Southeast Asia which influenced much of the Malay Archipelago. The earliest solid proof of its existence dates from the 7th century; a Chinese monk, I-Tsing, wrote that he visited Srivijaya in 671 for 6 months....
   (Indonesia
  Indonesia
  
  The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
  , 3rd century to 14th century), Tarumanagara
  Tarumanagara
  
  Tarumanagara or Taruma Kingdom or just Taruma is an early Sundanese kingdom, whose fifth-century ruler, Purnavarman, produced the earliest known inscriptions on Java island....
   (358-723), Sailendra
  Sailendra
  
  Sailendra is the name of an influential Indonesian dynasty that emerged in 8th century Java.The Sailendras were active promoters of Mahayana Buddhism and covered the plains of Central Java with Buddhist monuments, including the world famous Borobudur....
   (8th & 9th centuries), Kingdom of Sunda
  Sunda Kingdom
  
  The Sunda Kingdom was, according to primary historical records from the sixteenth century, a kingdom covering areas of present-day Banten Province, Jakarta, West Java Province, and the west of Central Java Province....
   (669-1579), Kingdom of Mataram
  Mataram Kingdom
  
  Mataram was an Indianized kingdom based in Central Java between the 8th and 10th centuries AD and was established by king Sanjaya, he was also known as the founder of Sanjaya dynasty....
   (752–1045), Kediri (1045–1221), Singhasari
  Singhasari
  
  Singhasari was a monarchy located in east Java between 1222 and 1292....
   (1222–1292), Majapahit (1293–1500)
• Chenla
  Chenla
  
  Chenla , known as Zhenla in Chinese language and Ch?n L?p in Vietnamese language, was an early Khmer people kingdom.At first a vassal state to Funan , over the next 60 years it achieved its independence and eventually conquered all of Funan, absorbing its people and culture....
   (Cambodia
  Cambodia
  
  The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
  , 630 – 802) and Khmer Empire
  Khmer Empire
  
  The Khmer Empire was the largest empire of South East Asia based in what is now Cambodia. The empire, which seceded from the kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalised parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand,Vietnam, Myanmar, and Malaysia....
   (Cambodia
  Cambodia
  
  The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
  , 802 – 1432)
• Anterior Lý Dynasty
  Lý Nam Ð?
  
  L? Nam ?? was originally L? B? or L? B?n is debatably considered the "first" emperor of Vietnam and the founder of the Early L? Dynasty Dynasty and ruled from Feb....
   and Tri?u Vi?t Vuong
  Tri?u Vi?t Vuong
  
  Tri?u Vi?t Vuong was a Vietnamese independence leader in the 6th century and a soldier for the V?n Xu?n army, best known for fighting against the invading Liang army that wished to incorporate V?n Xu?n into their empire....
  , Third Chinese domination
  Third Chinese domination (History of Vietnam)
  
  The Third Chinese domination of Vietnam saw two Chinese imperial dynasties rule over the Chinese controlled region of Chiaozhou .From 602-618, the area was under the late Sui Dynasty under three districts in the Red River Delta....
  , Khúc Family
  Khúc family
  
  The Kh?c family was a session of leaders who challenged Tang Dynasty rule over Vietnam. The Tang took control of the northern Vietnamese region of Giao Ch?u after 618 and established twelve provinces and 59 districts under the Department of Annam Domination ....
  , Duong Ðình Ngh?
  Duong Ðình Ngh?
  
  Duong ??nh Ngh? was the administrator of Giao Ch? in around 931 AD. He was a skillful, talented general under Kh?c H?o, descendant of the Kh?c family who ruled Vietnam autonomously while technically under Chinese control for three generations....
  , Ki?u Công Ti?n, Ngô Dynasty
  Ngô Dynasty
  
  The Ng? Dynasty was a dynasty in Vietnam.Around the year 930 AD, as Ngo Quyen rose to power, northern Vietnam was a province and vassal state of China and was referred to as Tonkin ....
  , The 12 Lords Rebellion
  The 12 Lords Rebellion
  
  The 12 Lords Rebellion was a period of chaos and civil war in the history of Vietnam, from 966 to 968 AD during the Ng? Dynasty, due to a conflict of succession after the death of King Ng? Quy?n....
  , Ðinh Dynasty
  Ðinh Dynasty
  
  The ?inh Dynasty was the imperial dynasty of History of Vietnam starting in 968 when ?inh Ti?n Ho?ng vanquished the upheavals of Twelve warlords and ended as the son of ?inh Ti?n Ho?ng, ?inh Ph? ??, ceded the throne to L? Ho?n, and ending in 980....
  , Prior Lê Dynasty
  Anterior Lê Dynasty
  
  The Early L? Dynasty was a dynasty that ruled Vietnam after the ?inh Dynasty and before the L? Dynasty. They ruled for a total of three generations and was known for repelling the Song Dynasty invasion....
  , Lý Dynasty
  Lý Dynasty
  
  The L? Dynasty , sometimes known as the Posterior L? Dynasty , was a Vietnamese dynasty that began in 1009 when L? Th?i T? overthrew the Anterior L? Dynasty and ended in 1225 when the queen L? Chi?u Ho?ng was forced to abdicate the throne in favor of her husband, Tr?n C?nh....
  , Tr?n Dynasty
  Tr?n Dynasty
  
  The Tr?n Dynasty was a Vietnamese dynasty that ruled Vietnam from 1225 to 1400. They are credited with 3 victories over Mongol invasions of Vietnam, most notably a decisive Battle of Bach Dang ....
  , H? Dynasty
  H? Dynasty
  
  The H? Dynasty in History of Vietnam was a short-lived seven-year reign of two emperors, H? Qu? Ly in 1400 and his second son, H? H?n Thuong, who reigned from 1400 to 1407....
  , Fourth Chinese domination
  Fourth Chinese domination (History of Vietnam)
  
  The fourth Chinese domination was a period of the history of Vietnam, from 1407 to 1427, upon which, the country was ruled by the Ming Dynasty administration....
   (Vietnam
  Vietnam
  
  Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
  , 544 - 1427)
• Early Intermediate, Middle Horizon, Late Intermediate, Late Horizon
  Cultural periods of Peru
  
  This is a chart of Cultural periods of Peru and the Andean Region developed by Edward Lanning and used by some archaeologists studying the area....
   (Peru
  Peru
  
  Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
  , 200 - 1534)
• Huari, Chimú, Chincha
  Chincha
  
  The Chincha were a Indigenous peoples of the Americas people of the Andes. They are discussed by Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco in "History of the Inca Realm" and by Justo Caceres Macedo in "Prehispanic Cultures of Peru" ....
  , Chanka Confederation, Tiwanaku
  Tiwanaku
  
  Tiwanaku is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia. Tiwanaku is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for approximately five hundred years....
  , Inca
  Inca
  
  The Inca civilization began as a tribe in the Cuzco area, where the legendary first Sapa Inca, Manco Capac founded the Kingdom of Cuzco around 1200....
  
• Late Middle Ages
  Late Middle Ages
  
  The Late Middle Ages is a term used by historians to describe history of Europe in the periodization of the 14th and 15th centuries . The Late Middle Ages were preceded by the High Middle Ages, and followed by the Early modern Europe ....
   European (1300–1500 CE)
• Early modern period
  Early modern period
  
  The early modern period is a term used by historians to refer to the period roughly between 1500 to 1800 in Western Europe . It follows the Late Middle Ages period, and is marked by the first European colony, the rise of strong centralized governments, and the beginnings of recognizable nation states that are the direct antecedents of today'...
   (Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  , 14th century - 18th century)
• The Renaissance
  Renaissance
  
  The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
   (Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  , 14th century - 16th century)
• Age of Discovery
  Age of Discovery
  
  The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was a period in human history starting in the 15th Century and continuing into the 17th Century, during which Europeans explored the world by ocean searching for trading partners and particular trade goods....
   (or Exploration) (Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  , 15th century - 17th century)
• Elizabethan period (United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  , 1558 - 1603)
• The Protestant Reformation
  Protestant Reformation
  
  The Protestant Reformation was a Christian reform movement in Europe. It is thought to have begun in 1517 with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and may be considered to have ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648....
   (Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  , 16th century)
• Jacobean Era
  Jacobean era
  
  The Jacobean era refers to the period in England and Scotland history that coincides with the reign of King James I of England of England, who was also James VI of Scotland....
   (United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  , 1603-1625)
• The Age of Enlightenment (or Reason) (Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  ,18th century)
• Tokugawa shogunate
  Tokugawa shogunate
  
  The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the , and the , was a feudalism regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family....
   (Japan, 1603 - 1868)
• Mughal Empire
  Mughal Empire
  
  The Mughal Empire was a Muslim imperial power of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century....
   (India, 1526 - 1857)
• Ottoman Empire
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
   (Islam, 1299 – 1923)
• Qing dynasty
  Qing Dynasty
  
  The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
   (China, 1644 - 1912)
• Spanish hegemony
  Spanish Empire
  
  The Spanish Empire was one of the largest empires in world history, and one of the first global empires. It included territories and colonies ruled by Spain in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania between the 15th and late 19th centuries....
   (Americas, 16th century - 1820s; Europe, 16th and 17th century, Philippines
  Philippines
  
  The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
  , 1525 - 1898)
• Modern era (Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  , 18th century - 20th century)
• Industrial Revolution
  Industrial Revolution
  
  The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, production, and transportation had a profound effect on the socioeconomics and cultural conditions in United Kingdom....
   (Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  , United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  , elsewhere 18th and 19th centuries)
• (along with early modern era) Age of European colonialism
  Colonialism
  
  Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over Territory beyond its borders by the establishment of either settler or exploitation colony in which Indigenous people populations are direct rule, Population transfers, or Genocide....
   and imperialism
  Imperialism
  
  Imperialism has two meanings; one describing an action and the other describing an attitude.#Action: Imperialism is the practice of extending the power, control or rule by one country over areas outside its borders....
  
• Napoleonic Era
  Napoleonic Era
  
  The Napoleonic Era is a period in the history of France and Europe. It is generally classified as including the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution, the first being the National Assembly, the second being the Legislative Assembly, and the third being the French Directory....
   (1799 - 1815)
• Georgian Era
  Georgian era
  
  The Georgian era is a period of British history, normally defined as including the reigns of the kings George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United Kingdom and George IV of the United Kingdom, i.e....
   (United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  , 1714 - 1830)
• Victorian era
  Victorian era
  
  The Victorian Era of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the period of Victoria of the United Kingdom reign from June 1837 to January 1901....
   (United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  , 1837 - 1901); British hegemony
  British Empire
  
  The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
  , much of world, around the same time period.
• Romantic Era (1850 - 1920)
• Edwardian period
  Edwardian period
  
  The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period covering the reign of Edward VII of the United Kingdom, 1901 to 1910....
   (United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  , 1901 - 1910)
• Meiji period
  Meiji period
  
  The , or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status....
   (Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
  , 1868 - 1912)
• Machine Age
  Machine Age
  
  Machine Age is a term associated with the early 20th Century. Considered to be at a peak in the time between the first and second World Wars it forms a late part of the Industrial Revolution....
  (1900 - 1945)
• World War I
  World War I
  
  World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
   (Much of Earth, 1914 - 1918)
• Interwar period
  Interwar period
  
  The interwar period is understood, within recent Western culture, to be the period between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second World War....
   (Earth, 1918 - 1939 or 1937)
• World War II
  World War II
  
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
   (Earth, 1937 or 1939 - 1945)
• Post-Modern (Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
   and United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  , 1949 - Present)
• Atomic Age
  Atomic Age
  
  The Atomic Age, also known as the Atomic Era, is a phrase typically used to delineate the period of history following the detonation of the first nuclear bomb....
   (after 1945)
• Cold War
  Cold War
  
  The Cold War was the continuing state of conflict, tension and competition that existed between a number of world powers, including the United States, the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, France, United Kingdom and those countries' respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s....
   (Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
   and United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  , as well their respective allied states, 1945 - 1989 or 1991)
• Space Age
  Space Age
  
  The Space Age is a contemporary period encompassing the activities related to the Space Race, space exploration, space technology, and the cultural developments influenced by these events....
   (after 1957)
• Information Age
  Information Age
  
  The Information Age is an idea that the current age will be characterised by the ability of individuals to transfer information freely, and to have instant access to knowledge that would have previously have been difficult or impossible to find....
   (1990 - Present)
• Net Generation
  Net generation
  
  Net generation is the amount of electricity generated by a power plant that is transmitted and distributed for consumer use. Net generation is less than the total gross power generation as some power produced is consumed within the plant itself to power auxiliary equipment such as pumps, motors and pollution control devices....
   Era (present)

Calendar systems

Mythological and astrological time periods

• Astrological age
  Astrological age
  
  An astrological age is a time period in astrology which is believed by some to parallel major changes in the Earth's inhabitants' development, particularly relating to culture, society and politics....
  s
• Age of Taurus
• Age of Aries
• Age of Pisces
• Age of Aquarius
  Age of Aquarius
  
  In astrology, the Age of Aquarius is one of the twelve astrological ages. According to astrologers, it is either the next age to come, or else it is the current age....
  

• Greek mythology
  Greek mythology
  
  Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
  
• Golden Age
  Golden age
  
  The term Golden age in ancient Greece mythology and legend but can also be found in other ancient cultures . It refers either to the highest age in the Greek spectrum of Iron, Bronze, Silver and Golden ages, or to a time in the beginnings of Humanity which was perceived as an ideal state, or utopia, when mankind was pure and immortal....
  , self-sufficient
• Silver Age
  Silver age
  
  A silver age is a name often given to a particular period within a history, typically as a lesser and later successor to a Golden Age , the metal silver generally being valuable, but less so than gold....
  , self-indulgent
• Bronze Age, warlike
• Heroic Age
  Heroic Age
  
  The Heroic Age was the period of Greek mythological history that lay between the purely divine events of the Theogony and Titanomachy and the advent of historical time after the Trojan War....
  , nobly aspirant
• Iron Age, violent

• Aztec mythology
  Aztec mythology
  
  The Aztec civilization recognized a polytheistic mythology, which contained the many gods and supernatural creatures from their religious beliefs....
  
• Nahui-Ocelotl, Destroyed by Jaguars
• Nahui-Ehécatl, Destroyed by Hurricane
• Nahuiquiahuitl, Destroyed by rain of Fire
• Nahui-Atl, Destroyed by Flood
• Nahui-Ollin, Destroyed by Earthquakes

Cosmological time periods

13.7 billion years ago: The Big Bang

Formation of Population III stars

Formation of Population II stars

5 Billion Years ago - Formation of Population I stars

Geologic time periods

See also

• Exponential timeline shows all history on one page in ten lines.
• Periodization
  Periodization
  
  Periodization is the attempt to categorize or divide time into named blocks. The result is a descriptive abstraction that provides a useful handle on periods of time with relatively stable characteristics....
   for a discussion of the tendency to try to fit history into non-overlapping periods.
• List of fossil sites
  List of fossil sites
  
  This is a worldwide list of important and/or well-known localities where fossils have been found. Such locations may either be a geological formation or a single site....
   with link directory
• List of timelines
  List of timelines
  
  This is a list of timelines....