Historical Periods

Sometimes, history can be far more exciting than the present. Join WatchMojo as we count down our picks for the Top 10 Historical Periods.

Historical Eras - This is a super informative website regarding American history.

This is a list of the major periods in world history. It includes broad global eras, such as the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.

A timeline of maps covering 5000-plus years of world history begins with a map of the ancient world in 3500 BC, showing the first civilizations.

In many schools, teachers are expected to sweep across thousands of years of world history in a single academic year.

Our history goes back millions of years ago. The world would not have arrived to where it is right now if it had not gone through a long and extensive process of historical development.

Find information about historical periods online here.

Humans have been on Earth for 250,000 years. What was the best and most interesting historical period?

In this lesson, we will look at the six periods of world history. We will learn the defining characteristics of each and highlight the major themes associated with each period.

Comprehensive list of synonyms for specific periods of history, by Macmillan Dictionary and Thesaurus.

All of the periods of ancient history and information about each period.

History by period: medieval, early modern, modern and contemporary and thematic history at QMUL.

A color coded timeline Of historical periods from Preceden.

Whether one can precisely define a time window as 'High Middle Ages' or 'Early Middle Ages' the title evokes an image and expectations in the reader of certain sets of characteristics - the essential essence of such labeling - a communications tool from one mind to another.

The categorization of the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time is called periodization. This is a list of such named time periods as defined in various fields of study. Major categorization systems include cosmological (time periods in the origin and evolution of the universe), geological (time periods in the origin and evolution of earth), anthropological (time periods in the origin and evolution of humans) and historical (written history).