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Time Period
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1) Period in Europe from the fall of the Roman empire to the 1400s
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c 500-1450 AD
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Middle Ages
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2) Period of glacial cooling and colder global temperatures
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2.6 million y/a
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Ice Age
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3) The socio-economical revitalization of the Confederate states
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1865-1877
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Reconstruction
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4) Period of European art, culture and scientific rebirth
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c 1300-1650
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Renaissance
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5) Early Medieval European period marked by the Roman collapse, invasions, and political upheaval
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c 470s-1000
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Dark Ages
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6) US colonies fight for independence from the British empire
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1776-1783
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American Revolution
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7) Period of the 1920s when alcohol was banned
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1920-1933
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Prohibition
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8) Period of early civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt with the adaption of this metal
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3300-1200 BC
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Bronze Age
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9) Egyptian time period that saw massive construction like the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
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2700-2180 BC
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Old Kingdom
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10) Marked by the breakup of Pangea and dinosaurs like the stegosaurus
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201-145 million y/a
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Jurassic
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11) Period during the American South marked by plantation economy and slave labor
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1815-1860
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Antebellum
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12) Period of economic industrialization in Britain, marked by the telegraph, railroads, and urban expansion
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1837-1901
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Victorian
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13) Period of the 1920s that saw the rise of jazz, art, speakeasies and cultural growth
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1920-1929
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Roaring Twenties
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14) Period of economic instability marked by the Stock Market crash of 1929
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1929-1939
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Great Depression
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15) European expansion of the globe that started world trade, marked by navigators like Columbus and Magellan
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1400s-1650s
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Exploration Age
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16) Period of extraterrestrial exploration, including Sputnik and the Apollo missions
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c 1957-1980s
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Space Age
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17) Period of social and political changes in religion in Europe that saw the birth of Protestantism
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1517-1648
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Reformation
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18) Period of early human settlement that saw the change from hunting/gathering to domestication of animals and farming
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c 10,000-2200 BC
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Neolithic Age
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19) Characterized by rapid industrialization, economic growth, and urbanization, as defined by Mark Twain
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c 1870-1900
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Gilded Age
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20) Recent period that saw the boom of technology like the computer and world wide web
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1970s-present
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Internet Age
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