Talk: Ancient history
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Would it be possible to indicate some kind of time period associated with each of the civilisations here? - Stuart Presnell
10,000 years is too long for writing. Earliest was around 3200 BC.
- I knocked it back to 5000-5500.
Breaking history
Suppose we can divide history from the beginning of writing until 1945 into groups, just as pre-historic time is divided into periods like the "Age of Fishes", "Amphibians", "Reptiles", and "Mammals". What can we have??
We can start with the Age of Egypt, which begins when writing begins and ends sometime around 1500 B.C.E. I really don't know exactly.
Next, we have the Age of Greece, which ends around 30 B.C.E.
The next period is the Age of Rome, which runs from 30 B.C.E. to 476 C.E. when the Roman Empire was broken.
Then comes the Age of Early English, which runs from 476 to 1066, when the Norman King defeated the English King.
The next group is the Age of Middle English, 1066 to 1492.
From 1492 to 1776 is the Age of Discovering America.
The last period is the Age of Semi-Modern Life, 1776 to 1945.
Any years that you feel surprised do not serve as borders?? 66.245.14.242 15:43, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
