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Etymology[edit]
Terminology[edit]
Geography[edit]
Geopolitical boundaries[edit]
Physiographic boundaries[edit]
Climate[edit]
Primeval times (c. 6500 – c. 3500 BCE)[edit]
Stone Age (c. 6500 – c. 5000 BCE)[edit]
Protohistoric times (c. 3500 – c. 3300 BCE)[edit]
Copper Age (c. 5000 – c. 3300 BCE)[edit]
Historic times (c. 3300 BCE – Present)[edit]
Ancient times (c. 3300 BCE – c. 651 CE)[edit]
Bronze Age (c. 3300 – c. 1200 BCE)[edit]
Late Bronze Age collapse (c. 1200 – c. 1020 BCE)[edit]
Iron Age (c. 1020 – c. 875 BCE)[edit]
Axial Age (c. 875 – c. 212 BCE)[edit]
Classical Age (c. 212 – c. 91 BCE)[edit]
Parthian Dark Age (c. 91 – c. 57 BCE)[edit]
Ancient Age (c. 57 BCE – c. 535 CE)[edit]
Late Antique Little Ice Age (c. 535 CE – c. 547 CE)[edit]
Post-classical Age (c. 547 – c. 630 CE)[edit]
Byzantine Dark Ages (c. 630 – c. 651 CE)[edit]
Medieval times (c. 651 CE – c. 1453 CE)[edit]
Islamic Golden Age (c. 651 – c. 1260 CE)[edit]
Age of Gunpowder (c. 1260 – c. 1453 CE)[edit]
Modern times (c. 1453 – Present)[edit]
Age of Discovery (c. 1453 – c. 1815 CE)[edit]
Age of New Imperialism (c. 1815 – c. 1846 CE)[edit]
Age of Oil (c. 1846 – c. 1880 CE)[edit]
Age of Machines (c. 1880 – c. 1914 CE)[edit]
Age of Extremes (c. 1914 – c. 1945 CE)[edit]
Jet Age (c. 1945 – c. 1957 CE)[edit]
Space Age (c. 1957 – c. 1975 CE)[edit]
Nuclear Age (c. 1975 – c. 1986 CE)[edit]
Information Age (c. 1986 – Present)[edit]
Gallery[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
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