Why not divide world history like this:1. Prehistory: before ~3500 BCThis is basically the period when we had basically nothing but material archeology to work with.2. Subliterate history: from ~3500 BC to ~500 BCThis is when there's definitely writing, but not like, "*writing* writing". There are a *few* notable exceptions, but generally speaking what we get are *inscriptions*, and almost no long-form non-fiction works.3. Premodern history: from ~500 BC to ~1500 AD, or ~500 BC to ~1800 ADNow we had the Axial Age and the creation of philosophy as we understand it, various religions, and the beginnings of truly global trade (e.g. Silk Road). We also have long-form chronicles and histories, meaning we aren't working with scraps anymore. Still, this is before the **huge** transformation that the Industrial Revolution brought.4. Late Premodern history: from ~1500 AD to ~1800 ADThis is basically the same as the "Early Modern" period in the as it is in the 'orthodox' periodization system. I just lumped it the the period that preceeds it, because it has *much* more in common with the Middle Ages than the 19th or 20th centuries.Like, yeah, it's ^special^, the late 15th century saw the discovery of the Americas and first real globalization, so it's not quite the same as what we have post-15th century. But still. Most people were still peasants. Nobility had a lot of weight in politics. There was *very* minimal industrialization (except for the very end of this period), and people looked and dressed more like medieval people than the mass-produced work fatigues or whitetie suits of the 19th century.5. Modern history: after ~1800 ADBasically, this is just acknowledgment that industrialization is the single most important change in the history of humanity, with the possible exception of the Neolithic Revolution. People putting self-propelling steam engines on metal tracks marks a new period of history. End of story.
bump please...
>>16808855You can divide history however you want because it’s arbitrary and always flawed somehow.
