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Timeline of periods in history: Stone Age (3.3million years ---- 5000 years ago) Bronze Age ( 5000 years -----1400 years ago) (1200BC) Iron Age (1200 BC ----- 500 AD) Classical Era (500 BC------ 500AD) Medieval Era (500 AD----- 1500AD) Modern Era (1500 AD------today) Stone Age: The stone age was di...

Timeline of periods in history: Stone Age (3.3million years ---- 5000 years ago) Bronze Age ( 5000 years -----1400 years ago) (1200BC) Iron Age (1200 BC ----- 500 AD) Classical Era (500 BC------ 500AD) Medieval Era (500 AD----- 1500AD) Modern Era (1500 AD------today) Stone Age: The stone age was divided into two phases the old stone age and the new stone age. The stone age was characterized by making tools out of stone. They used these tools as means of survival. People used to live in caves or under rock overhangs. People at first used to hunt, later they learned how to grow crops and tame animals so they settled in villages. They learned how to make pottery and weave baskets. Bronze Age: The age where people used bronze instead of stone. people learned how to make bronze by melting copper and tin and mixing them together. People used to live in villages small homes (cottages), they used to hunt and they learned farming methods. People during the Bronze age learned how to trade. Iron Age: The age where iron and steel began to be used to make tools instead of bronze. Significant changes in farming and technology took place which lead to drastic population increase. Iron ploughs called ards were more efficient than earlier bronze or wooden ploughs. This meant they could till heavier soils so more land could be used for farming One of the most important and time-saving inventions of the Iron Age was the rotatory quern which was used for grinding grain to make flour. The grain was placed between two circular stones and the top stone was turned or rotated using a handle. The diets people ate, the houses they lived in and the customs they followed varied depending on which part of the country they inhabited. Most Iron Age people worked and lived on small farms and their lives were governed by the changing of the seasons. Grain was stored in granaries or in underground vaults. Meat or fish could be preserved by salting or smoking. As people began to produce and store more grain than they could use, they were able to trade the surplus. Land ownership and grain production became the way to gain wealth and power. One of the most dominant features of the Iron Age countryside was the. These were often surrounded by banks, ditches and wooden fortifications. In times of peace they were sometimes inhabited by farmers and they could provide shelter for local populations during war.