Three Divisions of History

Renaissance Bridge

Three Divisions of History

1300's-1600's

3500 BC-500 AD

500 AD -1500 AD

MODERN

1500's-Present

ANCIENT

Earliest river valley civilizations and written records begin the historic age through collapse of classical Greek and Roman civilizations

MEDIEVAL

The Middle Period "Dark Ages"

*Beginning dates of Modern division varies

*Many historians date the Modern Age beginning with the Age of European Discovery

*Contemporary History is post WWII to the present

500 BC-300 BC

Classical Greek Civilization

27 BC- 117 AD -180 AD

Pax Romana

1492 AD

Isabelle and Ferdinand of Spain defeat Muslim Moors for control of Spain

776 BC 1st Greek Olympics

Classical Antiquity begins

1453 AD

Constantinople conquered by Muslim Ottoman Turks

476 AD -END OF ANCIENT DIVISION AND BEGINNING OF MEDIEVAL DIVISION

Rome conquered by Germanic invaders

1350 AD

RENAISSANCE BEGINS IN FLORENCE, ITALY

600 AD

Germanic tribes converted to Christianity

380 AD

Christianity official religion of the Roman Empire

1492AD

Columbus Voyage of Discovery

312 AD

Constantine converts to Christianity

800 AD

Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor

3500 BC

Early River Valley Civilizations

History begins with written records

1600'S AD

End of the Renaissance

1517 AD

Protestant Reformation

500 BC

Roman Republic founded

753 BC

Founding of Rome