periodization of history
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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
1 invention of writingPrehistorical Period
Historical Period
artifact"something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art"
1 invention of writingPrehistorical Period
Historical Period
fossilremains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock
1 invention of writingPrehistorical Period
Historical Period6,000 years ago
1 invention of writingPrehistorical Period
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
1 invention of writingPrehistorical Period
Historical Period6,000 years ago
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.