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The categorisation of the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time is called periodization. [1] This is a list of such named time periods as defined in various fields of study. These can be divided broadly into prehistorical periods and historical periods (when written records began to be kept).
An era is the second largest geochronologic time unit and is equivalent to a chronostratigraphic erathem. [14] [13] There are ten defined eras: the Eoarchean, Paleoarchean, Mesoarchean, Neoarchean, Paleoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic, Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic, with none from the Hadean eon. [2]
The Industrial age or Modern era is generally taken to refer to post-1800. From this time, the Industrial Revolution which began in Western Europe resulted in global trade and greatly increased cultural exchange.
For earlier time periods, see Timeline of the Big Bang, Geologic time scale, Timeline of evolution, and Logarithmic timeline. This page was last edited on 25 ...
List of time periods, which includes periods used in fields such as palaeogeography, palaeoecology, archaeology and cosmology. the categories History by region, History by country and History by city for histories of places. Category:History by topic.
An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era used for a given calendar, or the geological eras defined for the history of Earth. [1] Comparable terms are Epoch, age, period, saeculum, aeon (Greek aion) [2] and Sanskrit yuga. [3]
Swift’s production company, Taylor Swift Touring, previously confirmed to the New York Times that over 10 million people attended the Eras Tour — and that it sold over $2 billion in total ...
List of time periods; List of decades, centuries, and millennia; 3rd millennium (expected future events) ... Timeline of time measurement technology (270 BCE–present)