Through the Ages

 

		Geologic Time			4.6 Million B.C. -to- 2.6 Million B.C.
		Stone Age		Palaeolithic	2.6 Million B.C. -to- 10,000 B.C.
				Mesolithic	10,000 B.C. -to- 8,000 B.C.
				Neolithic	8,000 B.C. -to- 3,500 B.C.
		Bronze Age		Early Bronze Age	3,500 B.C. -to- 2,000 B.C.
				Middle Bronze Age	2,000 B.C. -to- 1,600 B.C.
				Late Bronze Age	1,600 B.C. -to- 1,200 B.C.
		Iron Age			1,200 B.C. -to- 500 B.C.
		Classical Antiquity			500 B.C. -to- 500 A.D.
				Byzantine Era	330 A.D. -to- 1453 A.D.
		Middle Ages			500 A.D. -to- 1,500 A.D.
				Age of Exploration	1,400 A.D. -to- 1,600 A.D.
		Renaissance Period (Early Modern Age)			1,500 A.D -to- 1,750 A.D.
		Late Modern Age			1,750 A.D. -to- 1945 A.D.
				Age of Enlightment	1,688 A.D. -to- 1,789 A.D.
				Age of Revolution	1,765 A.D. -to- 1,849 A.D.
				Industrial Revolution	1,760 A.D. -to- 1,840 A.D.
		Contemporary History			Within Living Memory

Reference points in history;

- Edict of Toleration - 311 A.D. - (AKA Edict of Serdica) Ended persecution of Christians.

- Edict of Milan - 313 A.D. - Made Christianity Legal

- 323 A.D. - Christianity became official religion of Rome 

- Edict of Theodosios - 380 A.D. - Made Nicene Christianity official religion