HISTORY

HISTORY IS THE STUDY OF THE PAST. TO STUDY THE PAST, IT IS IMPORTANT TO DIVIDE THE PAST INTO DIFFERENT TIMES.

 

OFFICIALLY, WE ALL USE THE TIME FRAME SET BY THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST.

 

THE TIME BEFORE THIS EVENT IS REFERRED TO AS BEFORE CHRIST OR BEFORE THE COMMON ERA (BC) AND AFTER THE COMMON ERA (AC).

 

THE INVENTION OF WRITING MARKS THE BEGINNING OF HUMAN HISTORY BETWEEN 5 000 AND 6 000 (THOUSAND) YEARS AGO.

 

ON THE TIMELINE BELOW THE PRESENT DAY (NOW) IS SET FOR THE YEAR 2017. IT GOES BACK AS FAR AS 5 217 (FIVE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN) YEARS AGO.

 

 

 

ANCIENT HISTORY IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE PERIOD OF TIME FROM 3 200 BC (5 217 YEARS AGO) UNTIL 500 BC (1 500 YEARS AGO).

 

THE MIDDLE AGES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN 500 AC AND 1 500 AC.

 

EARLY MODERN HISTORY IS THE TIME PERIOD STARTING IN 1 501 AC AND ENDING IN THE YEAR 1900.

 

MODERN HISTORY IS THEREFOR THE TIME PERIOD BETWEEN 1901 AND NOW. FOR A MORE DETAILED TIMELINE OF MODERN HISTORY CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WEBSITE.

 

 

TIMELINE

THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE - THE CREATION OF THE WORLD

 

THESE FIVE TIMELINES SHOW THE PAST STARTING WITH WHAT IS THOUGHT TO BE THE BEGINNING OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE AND THE FORMATION OF PLANET EARTH UP UNITL MODERN HISTORY BETWEEN THE YEAR 1901 AND 2017 AC (AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHRIST).

FOR A MORE DETAILED TIMELINE OF MODERN HISTORY CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WEBSITE.

 

OVER MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF YEARS ALL THE PLANTS, ANIMALS AND EVEN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE AND THE PLANET HAVE DEVELOPED SLOWLY OUT OF NOTHING BUT SMALL PARTICLES AND ATOMS.

 

OVER 13 BILLION YEARS AGO A BIG BANG IS THOUGHT TO HAVE CREATED THE UNIVERSE. EVERYTHING WE SEE AROUND US DEVELOPED OVER THE TIME SINCE THEN. SOME THINGS, LIKE DINOSAURS, DON'T EXIST ANYMORE BECAUSE OF EVENTS THAT CHANGED THE WHOLE PLANET, LIKE AN ICE AGE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO SURVIVE.

 

 

THE PAST IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR MAIN EVOLUTIONARY TIME ZONES THAT INCIDATE WHAT THE WORLD WAS LIKE AT THAT TIME.

  • THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION REFERS TO THE LAST FIVE TO SIX THOUSAND YEARS WHEN PEOPLE STARTED TO WRITE.
  • THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL EVOLUTION DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANS FROM MONKEYS STARTING AROUND FOUR AND A HALF MILLION YEARS AGO.
  • THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANET; THE LAND, MOUNTAINS, OCEANS, VEGETATION AND THE DINOSAURS, WHO THEN BECOME EXTINCT.
  • THE COSMOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IS HOW ADVANCED SCIENTISTS, SUCH AS STEPHEN HAWKING BELIEVE THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED. A BIG BANG IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SET MANY LITTLE PARTICLES IN MOTION WHICH EVENTUALLY DEVELOPED INTO EVERYTHING WE SEE HER TODAY.

EACH EVOLUTIONARY STAGE IS DIVIDED INTO ERAS LIKE THE CENOZOIC ERA, IN WHICH WE LIVE NOW. THE ERAS ARE FURTHER DIVIDED INTO SMALLER TIME ZONES CALLED PERIODS, LIKE THE JURASSIC PERIOD. EACH PERIOD IS THEN DIVIDED INTO AGES, LIKE THE STONE AGE.

 

EVERYTHING AFTER THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION, ALSO CALLED HUMAN HISTORY IS CONSIDERED PREHISTORIC. FOR A DETAILED TIMELINE OF THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WEBSITE.

 

TO FIND OUT FROM WHICH TIME PLANTS AND ANIMALS COME FROM BEFORE THE WRITING WAS INVENTED, SCIENTISTS USE A METHOD CALLED CARBON DATING.

 

THERE IS A VERY SMALL PART OF ALL LIVING THINGS THAT BECOMES LESS AT A CONSTANT RATE OVER TIME. THIS METHOD THEREFOR MEASURES THAT VERY SMALL PART OF A ONCE LIVING THING AND THE AMOUNT SHOWS HOW LONG AGO IT WAS ALIVE. USING THIS METHOD ANIMALS AND PLANTS CAN BE PLACED IT IN TIME AS FAR BACK AS 6 THOUSAND TO 50 THOUSAND YEARS.

 

TO READ THE TIMLINE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE RIGHT END OF EACH LINE, NOW IS ALWAYS THE SAME, NOT SHOWING A DIFFERENT TIME SCALE. THIS WAY YOU CAN SEE MORE DETAIL.

 

THE TIMELINES BELOW ARE AVAILABLE AS A TABLE IN THE TEXT ONLY VERSION OF THE PAGE.

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