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History of Europe by period

  • Middle AgesIn 476, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed by a Germanic chieftain named Odoacer.
  • Age of EnlightenmentThe year 1637 marked a turning point when René Descartes published his Discourse on the Method. This text introduced a radical approach to knowledge that…
  • PeriodizationThe Sumerian King List dates to the second millennium BC and divides history into dynastic regnal eras. This ancient document serves as one of the earliest…
  • Early modern periodThe year 1453 marked the fall of Constantinople, a moment that many historians cite as the starting point for the early modern period.
  • RenaissanceIn the year 1348, a plague known as the Black Death swept through Florence and killed nearly half of its population. This demographic catastrophe created an…
  • Classical antiquityThe 8th century BC marked a turning point when the earliest Greek alphabetic inscriptions appeared on pottery and stone.