Neolithic 10,000 - -3000 Bronze Age 3,000 - -1200 Iron Age 1,200 - -500 Classical Antiquity 500 - 1 Late Antiquity 1 - 500 Early Middle Ages 500 - 1000 High Middle Ages 1000 - 1300 Late Middle Ages 1300 - 1500 Renaissance 1500 - 1650 Early Modern Era 1650 - 1789 Age of Revolutions 1789 - 1870 Belle Époque 1870 - 1914 World Wars 1914 - 1945 Contemporary Era 1945 - 2000