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Periods of History

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Prehistory began with the appearance of the first humans, and ended with the introduction of writing systems

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During the Paleolithic, people lived in caves and hunted animals

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They used simple tools, and people were nomads

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During the Neolithic, people began to live in one place, they farmed crops and kept domestic animals

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Ancient History

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Ancient History began with the introduction of writing systems

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It ended with the fall of the Western Roman Empire

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Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids and used gyrioglyphics

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Ancient Greeks created the Olympic Games, the theatre and democracy

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Ancient Romans created the roads, central heating, the newspaper and the calendar

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The Middle Ages

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The Middle Ages is a period which began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476

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It was a period of progress, but also of war and disease

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It ended with the fall of Constantinople in 1453