2. Unit One Block Four Lecture (Ages of History)

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4.  An Age or period is “is a large interval of time with a definite characteristic.”  Unfortunately, Ages do not neatly line up with eras. There are several points in history where an age overlaps two eras. Click me Ancient EraClassical Era Iron Age

5.  Prehistoric is time before when humans kept written records (usually anything before 3300 BCE/BC)  Prehistoric Eras and Ages are identical! ◦ Old Stone Age = Paleolithic era (2,000,000 to 10,000 BCE/BC). ◦ New Stone Age = Neolithic Era – 10,000 BCE/BC to 3300 BCE/BC Click Here Prehistoric AgesBronze AgeIron Age Medieval Ages Renaissance

6.  The Bronze age ushers in civilization! ◦ Bronze Age - 3300 BCE/BC to 1200 BCE/BC (Mesopotamia to early Greece) Bronze technology (weapons and tools) change the way we live ◦ Iron Age – 1200 BCE/BC to 500 CE/AD (Early Greece to the very end of Rome). Iron is the metal upon which civilization rises and falls. Click here Prehistoric AgesBronze AgeIron Age Medieval Ages Renaissance

7.  Things take time to fall apart and to rebuild ◦ Dark Age – 400 CE/AD to 1000 CE/AD (Church is in charge and it’s very bad in Europe) ◦ Middle Age/High Middle – 1000 to 1300 CE/AD (growth of European kingdoms (France, England, Spain, Portugal and Germany)). Click here Prehistoric AgesBronze AgeIron Age Medieval Ages Renaissance

8.  The Renaissance is the first age in the modern era. This is the “rebirth” of civilization. ◦ The Renaissance - 1300 CE/AD to 1500 CE/AD (rebirth of culture, city-states form in Italy, art, literature, thought, music and science begin to flourish). Prehistoric AgesBronze AgeIron Age Medieval Ages Renaissance Click here