Talk:List of time periods
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The timeline needs to be brought to agreement with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_timeline
GRR. I *will* start looking at linked pages before spending ages entering lots of data. I *will*. :-( -- Khendon
moved from article: This list is under construction: the eventual aim is for it to be a compendium of names of eras and epochs in all fields of study. To do:
- periods should have approximate dates added in the format (start - finish)
- lists should be in chronological order of the start of their period.
[edit] Page is still very incomplete
Lots more periods need to be added to the "historical periods" bit. Carcharoth 10:21, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Some examples could be found at pages beginning "Age of". See here. Some examples (some geological or biological alternative names need including as well):
- Age of Pericles
- Age of Persecution
- Age of Reptiles (Mesozoic)
- Age of Fish (Devonian)
- Age of Revolution
- Age of mammals (Cenozoic)
- Golden Age
- Age of Imperialism
- Age of Liberty
- Age of Migrations
- Age of New Imperialism
- Age of Reason (a big omission!)
- Age of the Sturlungs
- Age of Heroic Medicine
- Period of Disunity
- Age of Extremes
- I've just noticed the Golden Age is already there. But many of these periods are not in the article, and there are many, many more not mentioned here or there. Carcharoth 10:43, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not sure what the scope of this article is
Do you want more localized terms like Directoire (France 1795-1799), English Regency (Great Britain 1811-1820), etc.? I hesitated about adding them to the list the way it is now... Churchh 03:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- I thnk the scope of the article is anything and everything! Please do add examples like that, but if they are very specific and narrow, maybe start a new section. Carcharoth 10:09, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Some more periods
- Sociocultural evolution - describes the progression of societies, and each stage of progression is generally a period, and researchers love to name periods. This article leads to others which list such periods, such as Rostovian take-off model.
- Society (missing links italicized):
- Hunter-gatherer bands → Social rank → tribes → Social stratification → chiefdoms → Neolithic Revolution → Civilization: Agrarian society (Pre-industrial society): Agrarian villages → Towns → Cities → City-states → Nation-states → Industrial Revolution → (Modern) Industrial society → (Postmodern) Post-industrial society → Informational Revolution → Information society → Digital Revolution → Globalization → ?
- Don't forget Agricultural revolution, especially the British Agricultural Revolution (which preceded the Industrial Revolution, which also started in Britain, by the way).
- Modernity lists some periods.
- This article lists 4 Astrological Ages, but there are 7 listed on Astrological age.
- Why isn't the Chinese zodiac listed in the Mythological and astrological time periods section?
- Centuries are an obvious time period, and each century is highly characterized by the historical events and progress which took place in it. See List of centuries.
- And so are decades, like the the Gay Nineties, the Roaring Twenties, the Thirties, Forties, Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, Nineties, etc. See List of decades.
- Another type of period is the Era. See Chinese era name, Japanese era name, and Korean era name.
- Periodization explains the naming of periods, and is sprinkled with period names.
- Movements are often used as period names, especially Cultural movements.
- Periods are often named for Epochs.
- Wikipedia's timelines are sprinkled throughout with epochs. See List of timelines, especially the technology section.
- If you want to go regional, then you'll find a lot more periods in regions' local history. See History of present-day nations and states.
- There are some Ages listed in Wikipedia's All Pages, like the Age of sail. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=age&namespace=0
- The reigns of kings and Presidential Administrations are also often used to specify periods. Such as "during the Reagan Administration".
- The Reign of Terror.
- Six Ages of the World
--The Transhumanist 15:52, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
I've had a go at tidying the antiquities bit and making cosmological easier to follow.
I've linked to Mesopotamian and Roman timeline pages rather than include lots of separate mentions. I think this works better than trying to include everything here.Filceolaire 17:31, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
