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Hello kids and welcome to another video. Now we are going to learn about the periods of prehistory. Let's go!

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History is everything that has happened in the past. We study history because it helps us learn and plan to make a better future.

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When we look back at history, we divide it up into different periods.

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Usually, an important event marks the end of one period and the beginning of another.

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Historians have different ideas about when the periods of history end and begin.

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It can also depend on the country.

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There are five main periods of history.

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Prehistory, Ancient History, Middle Ages, the Early Modern Ages and the Modern Age.

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Prehistory

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Prehistory began with the first appearance of the first humans more than 2 million years ago.

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Ancient History

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Ancient History began with the invention of writing around 3200 before Christ in Mesopotamia.

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On the Iberian Peninsula, this period started with the arrival of colonizers from the Mediterranean in the 12th century before Christ.

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The Middle Ages

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The Middle Ages began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in after death 476.

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

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The Early Modern Age

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The Early Modern Age begins in Europe with the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

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This was when the Ottoman Empire took control of the city of Constantinople,

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which was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.

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In Spain, the early modern age began with Colón's arrival in America in 1492.

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The modern age in Europe began with the French Revolution in 1789.

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This was when the people of France overthrew the monarchy and took control of the government.

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In Spain, the modern age began with the Spanish War of Independence in 1808.

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