Stages of Prehistory

Stages of Prehistory

Historians divide human history into two major phases: Prehistory and History, and these are divided into several eras as follows:

A. Prehistory.

B. Historical Ages.

A. Prehistoric Ages

are the stone ages that begin with the appearance of humans in the Paleolithic era and extend until the invention of writing. It first appeared at the beginning of the historical ages around 3200 BC. When humans invented writing in Sumer in southern Iraq, but it appeared later elsewhere. Therefore, there is more than one end to this stage according to each time of the emergence of writing in that place, and the prehistoric stage occupies 98% of human life since its emergence. The historical eras, which are all his civilizations, occupy only 2%.

The ages of history are divided into two basic eras:

1. Archaic: Paleolithic.

2. Paleolithic: Ancient stoneware.

3. Mesolithic: Mesolithic.

4. Neolithic: Neolithic.

5. Chalcolite: Copper stoneware.

6. Protolithic: Semi-historical, semi-historical.

The last age is a transitional age between prehistory and history, usually studied together with prehistory.

B. Historic Ages

These are the ages that came after the invention or appearance of writing somewhere until the present day.

Historic Ages are scientifically divided into the following:

1. Ancient History (3000 BC - 476 AD)

  a. Bronze Age (3000 - 1200) BC

  b. Iron Age (1200 - 500) BC

  c. Classical Age (400 BC - 300 AD)

  d. Late Period (300 - 600 BC)

2. Medieval History (476-1453)

  a. History of Christianity (330-1453)

  b. History of Islam (611 - 1923)

  c. History of Buddhism (Q1 - 1500)

3. Modern History (1453-1945)

  a. Renaissance (1453 - 1730)

  b. The Age of Enlightenment (1730 - 1770)

  c. The Age of the Industrial Image (1800-1850)

  d. The Age of Modernism (1850-1945)

4. Contemporary History (1945-present)

  a. Postmodernism (1945-1991)

  b. The Age of Globalization (1991-present, ongoing)