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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).
CE 750–1150 / 1,200–800 BP: Anakena: Settled by voyagers from the Marquesas Islands, possibly as early as CE 300. [103] Pacific: New Zealand: CE 1250 / 700 BP: Wairau Bar: It is generally accepted that the islands were permanently settled by Eastern Polynesians (the ancestors of the Māori) who arrived about 1250–1300. [104] [105] Pacific ...
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
Jaspers introduced the concept of an Axial Age in his book Vom Ursprung und Ziel der Geschichte (The Origin and Goal of History), [7] published in 1949. The simultaneous appearance of thinkers and philosophers in different areas of the world had been remarked by numerous authors since the 18th century, notably by the French Indologist Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron. [8]
Three Kingdoms of Korea c. 300/400 – 668 CE . Japan Japan Periods: Paleolithic c. 35,000 – c. 10,000 BCE Jōmon period c. 10,000 – 300 BCE Yayoi period c. 300 BCE – 250 CE Yamato period c. 250 – 710 CE China China Periods: Paleolithic c. 1.36 million years ago Neolithic period c. 10,000 – 2100 BCE Ancient China c. 2100 – 221 BCE ...
Many evolutionary changes occurred at this stage: eyelids and tear glands evolved to keep the eyes wet out of water and the eyes became connected to the pharynx for draining the liquid; the hyomandibula (now called columella) shrank into the spiracle, which now also connected to the inner ear at one side and the pharynx at another, becoming the ...
That continent began to exert political and cultural dominance over human societies around the world, a time known as the Colonial era (also see Age of Discovery). [195]: 295–299 In the 18th century a cultural movement known as the Age of Enlightenment further shaped the mentality of Europe and contributed to its secularization. [citation needed]
40 kya - 30 kya: First human settlements formed by Aboriginal Australians in several areas that are today the cities of Sydney, [44] [45] Perth [46] and Melbourne. [47] 40 kya - 20 kya: Oldest known ritual cremation, the Mungo Lady, in Lake Mungo, Australia. [48] [49] 37 kya: A population of Basal Eurasians migrate to Europe.