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Geopolitical boundaries
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Physiographic boundaries
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Primeval times (c. 6500 – c. 3500 BCE)
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Stone Age (c. 6500 – c. 5000 BCE)
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Protohistoric times (c. 3500 – c. 3300 BCE)
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Copper Age (c. 5000 – c. 3300 BCE)
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Historic times (c. 3300 BCE – Present)
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Ancient times (c. 3300 BCE – c. 651 CE)
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Bronze Age (c. 3300 – c. 1200 BCE)
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Late Bronze Age collapse (c. 1200 – c. 1020 BCE)
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Iron Age (c. 1020 – c. 875 BCE)
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Axial Age (c. 875 – c. 212 BCE)
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Classical Age (c. 212 – c. 91 BCE)
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Parthian Dark Age (c. 91 – c. 57 BCE)
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Ancient Age (c. 57 BCE – c. 535 CE)
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Late Antique Little Ice Age (c. 535 CE – c. 547 CE)
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Post-classical Age (c. 547 – c. 630 CE)
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Byzantine Dark Ages (c. 630 – c. 651 CE)
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Medieval times (c. 651 CE – c. 1453 CE)
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Islamic Golden Age (c. 651 – c. 1260 CE)
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Age of Gunpowder (c. 1260 – c. 1453 CE)
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Modern times (c. 1453 – Present)
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Age of Discovery (c. 1453 – c. 1815 CE)
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Age of New Imperialism (c. 1815 – c. 1846 CE)
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Age of Oil (c. 1846 – c. 1880 CE)
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Age of Machines (c. 1880 – c. 1914 CE)
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Age of Extremes (c. 1914 – c. 1945 CE)
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Jet Age (c. 1945 – c. 1957 CE)
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Space Age (c. 1957 – c. 1975 CE)
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Nuclear Age (c. 1975 – c. 1986 CE)
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