Periodization of History

Periodization

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Last modified October 9, 2016

Periodization process or study of categorizing the past into separate, quantified named blocks of time in order to make the study and analysis of history easier to facilitate

1 invention of writingPrehistorical Period

Historical Period

1 invention of writingPrehistorical

Period


Historical Period

artifact"something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art"


Historical Period

fossilremains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock


Historical Period6,000 years ago



hieroglyphsFrom Greek wordshieros 'holy' + glyphe 'carvings'

early writing system based on pictographic symbols

hieroglyphsFrom Greek wordshieros 'holy' + glyphe 'carvings'

early writing system based on pictographic symbols

hieroglyphs

cuneiformdenoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets

cuneiformdenoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets

alphabeta standard set of letters (basic written symbols) used to write one or more languages based on the general principle that the letters represent phonemes (basic sounds)

alphabetProto-Sinaitic or Proto-Canaanite script



Ancient Times

Medieval Period

Modern Period

2 manufacture of tools

Paleolithic Age

Neolithic Age

Bronze Age Iron Age

STONE AGE METAL AGE

3 Christianity

B.C. A.D.

Education

Periodization of History