List of time periods

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The categorization of the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time is called periodization.[1] This is a list of such named time periods as defined in various fields of study.

These can be divided broadly into prehistorical periods and historical periods (when written records began to be kept).

In archaeology and anthropology, prehistory is subdivided into the three-age system, this list includes the use of the three-age system as well as a number of various designation used in reference to sub-ages within the traditional three.

The dates for each age can vary by region. On the geologic time scale, the Holocene epoch starts at the end of the last glacial period of the current ice age (c. 10,000 BC) and continues to the present. The beginning of the Mesolithic is usually considered to correspond to the beginning of the Holocene epoch.

Prehistoric periods

Era

General periods

Forms of modernity

Technological periods

African periods

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Egyptian periods

Prehistoric Egypt (pre-3150 BC)

Dynastic Period

Antiquity

Islamic Egypt

Medieval Egypt

Modern Egypt

Contemporary Egypt

Libyan periods

Prehistoric Libya

  • Prehistoric Libya (pre-600 BC)

Early Libya

  • Carthaginian Libya (600 BC – 200 BC)
  • Roman Libya (200 BC – 487 AD)
  • Vandal Libya (487 AD – ≈600 AD)
  • Islamic Libya (≈600 – ≈1200)
  • Ottoman Libya (≈1600 – ≈1900)

Modern Libya

American (continent) periods

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Pre-Columbian America

Colonial America

Mexican periods

Ancient and Pre-Columbian Mexico

Colonial Mexico

Independence Era

Liberal Mexico

Modern Mexico

United States historical periods

Pre-Colonial era

Thirteen British Colonies (1607–1775)

United Colonies (1775-1781)

Confederation period (1781-1789)

First Party System (1789–1824)

Second Party System (1824–1856)

Third Party System (1856–1896)

Fourth Party System (1896–1932)

Fifth Party System (1932–1980)

Sixth Party System (1980–present)

Asian periods

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Chinese periods

Bronze Age China

Archaic China

Antiquity

Medieval China

Mongol China

Late Dynastic Period

Modern China

Contemporary China

Post-Contemporary China[clarification needed]

Indian periods

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Iranian periods

Prehistoric Iran

Ancient age:

Medieval age:

Modern age:

Japanese periods

Archaic Japan

Feudal Japan

Samurai Japan

Modern Japan

Contemporary Japan

Mesopotamian periods

Archaic Period

Imperial Period

Islamic Period

Mongolian periods

Antiquity

Medieval Mongolia

Imperial Mongolia

Modern Mongolia

Southeast Asian periods

Maritime Southeast Asia

Peninsular Southeast Asia

European periods

Oceanian periods

Australian periods

See also

References

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