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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).
See history, history by period, and periodization for different organizations of historical events. For earlier time periods, see Timeline of the Big Bang , Geologic time scale , Timeline of evolution , and Logarithmic timeline .
North Asia Periods: Korea Korean Periods: Paleolithic c. 40,000/30,000 – c. 8000 BCE Jeulmun pottery period c. 8000 – 1500 BCE Mumun pottery period c. 1500 – 300 BCE Protohistoric period c. 300 BCE – 300/400 CE Three Kingdoms of Korea c. 300/400 – 668 CE . Japan Japan Periods: Paleolithic c. 35,000 – c. 10,000 BCE Jōmon period c ...
This category's scope is limited to human-related history since the end of Earth's most recent glacial period ("the Ice Age") around 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. History portal; See also. List of time periods, which includes periods used in fields such as palaeogeography, palaeoecology, archaeology and cosmology.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day.. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history
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 ...
List of time periods; List of decades, centuries, and millennia; 3rd millennium (expected future events) List of years. 2025; Prehistory.
This category's scope is limited to human-related history since the end of Earth's most recent glacial period ("the Ice Age") around 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. See also. List of time periods, which includes periods used in fields such as palaeogeography, palaeoecology, archaeology and cosmology.