Historians have divided history into three main periods - the Ancient Age from 3500 BC to 476 AD, the Middle Ages from 476 AD to 1492/1453 AD, and the Early Modern Age from 1492 to 1789 AD. These periods are defined by major historical events like the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the discovery of America. While the characteristics of each period may vary between civilizations, this framework helps people understand past events and when they occurred.

1. In the world ancient,
middle, and modern

2. Historical period
•Historians have divided the in to different
periods or stage to help people understand
the past event.
•Ancient Age
•Middle Ages
•Early Modern Age

3. Ancient Age
•Is the historical period that goes from
the invention of writing, around the
years 3,500 B.C until the fall of the
western roman empire in the year 476
A. D.

4. Middle Ages
•Is the historical period that goes from
the fall of western roman empire, in the
year 476 A. D. until the discovery of
America by Christopher Columbus in
1492 or the conquest of Constantinople
by the turks in year 1453.

5. Early modern Ages
•Is the historical period that goes from
the discovery of America Christopher
Columbus in 1492 A. D. to the French
revolution in 1789 A. D.

6. • Although there an agreement in the Basic
characteristic, this period may vary from one
civilization to the other.
• These historical blocks are designed to help
people understand what happened in the
past allowing us to locate past event.