֍ Why history?         
֍ What is history?           
֍ Historical periods 

         

    Historical Periods

     Prehistory
3 or 2 million BC - 3,000 BCInvention of writing

֍ The beginning of everything
֍ Art in Prehistory
֍ The Lascaux Cave
֍ Altamira and Chauvet Caves
 

     Old Age

3,000 BC - 476 AD Fall of the Western Roman Empire

֍ The invention of writing
֍ Mesopotamia

֍ Mesopotanian art - Part 1

֍ Mesopotanian art - Part 2

֍ Egypt – The Nile civilization

֍ Ancient Egypt - Historical periods

֍ Art in Ancient Egypt - Painting and ceramics

֍ Art in Ancient Egypt - sculpture and architecture  

֍ Persian Empire under the reigns of Cyrus II, Cambyses II, Darius I and Xerxes I

֍ Persian art - Achaemenid, Parthian, Sasanian and Islamic Empires​

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Middle Age

476 AD - 1453 AD - Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire

 

     Modern Age

1453 AD - 1789 AD - French Revolution

 

     Contemporary age

1789 AD French Revolution - today

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