Etymology

Terminology

Geography

Geopolitical boundaries

Physiographic boundaries

Climate

Primeval times (c. 6500 – c. 3500 BCE)

Stone Age (c. 6500 – c. 5000 BCE)

Protohistoric times (c. 3500 – c. 3300 BCE)

Copper Age (c. 5000 – c. 3300 BCE)

Historic times (c. 3300 BCE – Present)

Ancient times (c. 3300 BCE – c. 651 CE)

Bronze Age (c. 3300 – c. 1200 BCE)

Late Bronze Age collapse (c. 1200 – c. 1020 BCE)

Iron Age (c. 1020 – c. 875 BCE)

Axial Age (c. 875 – c. 212 BCE)

Classical Age (c. 212 – c. 91 BCE)

Parthian Dark Age (c. 91 – c. 57 BCE)

Ancient Age (c. 57 BCE – c. 535 CE)

Late Antique Little Ice Age (c. 535 CE – c. 547 CE)

Post-classical Age (c. 547 – c. 630 CE)

Byzantine Dark Ages (c. 630 – c. 651 CE)

Medieval times (c. 651 CE – c. 1453 CE)

Islamic Golden Age (c. 651 – c. 1260 CE)

Age of Gunpowder (c. 1260 – c. 1453 CE)

Modern times (c. 1453 – Present)

Age of Discovery (c. 1453 – c. 1815 CE)

Age of New Imperialism (c. 1815 – c. 1846 CE)

Age of Oil (c. 1846 – c. 1880 CE)

Age of Machines (c. 1880 – c. 1914 CE)

Age of Extremes (c. 1914 – c. 1945 CE)

Jet Age (c. 1945 – c. 1957 CE)

Space Age (c. 1957 – c. 1975 CE)

Nuclear Age (c. 1975 – c. 1986 CE)

Information Age (c. 1986 – Present)

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See also

References

Notes

Citations

Sources