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.

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[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):
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 → ?

--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)

Anyone know what the starting date would be for the Oil Age?- J Logan t: 10:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Historical periods

I'm not shure Post-modern is US period only (: 194.84.48.51 (talk) 09:59, 10 March 2008 (UTC) Andrew B.