Through the Ages
Geologic Time 4.6 Million B.C. -to- 2.6 Million B.C. Stone Age Palaeolithic 2.6 Million B.C. -to- 10,000 B.C. Mesolithic 10,000 B.C. -to- 8,000 B.C. Neolithic 8,000 B.C. -to- 3,500 B.C. Bronze Age Early Bronze Age 3,500 B.C. -to- 2,000 B.C. Middle Bronze Age 2,000 B.C. -to- 1,600 B.C. Late Bronze Age 1,600 B.C. -to- 1,200 B.C. Iron Age 1,200 B.C. -to- 500 B.C. Classical Antiquity 500 B.C. -to- 500 A.D. Byzantine Era 330 A.D. -to- 1453 A.D. Middle Ages 500 A.D. -to- 1,500 A.D. Age of Exploration 1,400 A.D. -to- 1,600 A.D. Renaissance Period (Early Modern Age) 1,500 A.D -to- 1,750 A.D. Late Modern Age 1,750 A.D. -to- 1945 A.D. Age of Enlightment 1,688 A.D. -to- 1,789 A.D. Age of Revolution 1,765 A.D. -to- 1,849 A.D. Industrial Revolution 1,760 A.D. -to- 1,840 A.D. Contemporary History Within Living Memory Reference points in history; - Edict of Toleration - 311 A.D. - (AKA Edict of Serdica) Ended persecution of Christians. - Edict of Milan - 313 A.D. - Made Christianity Legal - 323...