History of Europe
The Ancient Age in Europe and the Near East
The Ancient Age is the period of history between the birth of writing and the fall of the Roman Empire in 476. It includes a very extensive period in time and also in territorial extension: Mesopotamia, Egypt, the classical and Hellenistic Greek world to end up in the immense Roman Empire.
The Middle Ages is the historical period between the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 and the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453.
The Early modern history in Europe
The Modern Age, following the traditional chronological division, comprises the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. This period is identified with a specific political and social order or regime (the Old Regime), characterized by the jurisdictional and patrimonial conception of sovereignty.
The Late Modern history in Europe
The Contemporary History of Europe includes a period of maximum social, political and economic tension. The break with the Ancien Régime and the expansion of capitalism and imperialism mark the 19th century. The tragedies caused by the two world wars are the protagonists of the history of the 20th century.
The current world history (1945-2000)
The History of the Current World is that which includes the period included in the Cold War: 1945 with the end of the Second World War and 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union.
