By Region & Empire (separately): Prehistory: -15bn to -1000 Ancient Middle East: -7000 to 600 Ancient Egypt: -5000 to -30 Ancient Greece: -4400 to 267 Early India: -3000 to 1556 Early China & Japan: -2500 to 907 Early Americas: -2000 to 1490 Ancient Rome: -1000 to 476 Early Africa: -800 to 1652 Barbarian Invasions: 214 to 1000 Byzantine Empire: 315 to 1453 Early Spain and Portugal: 415 to 1433 Early Britain: 446 to 1042 Early France: 451 to 1589 Early Italy: 489 to 1380 Rise of Islam and Persia: 622 to 1587 Early Northern Europe: 680 to 1417 Early Germany/Holy Roman Empire: 843 to 1273 Early Russia: 862 to 1584 Early Scandinavia: 930 to 1721 Medieval China: 960 to 1751 Rise of Turkish Empire: 1055 to 1546 Medieval England: 1066 to 1476 Crusades: 1075 to 1291 Feudal Japan: 1185 to 1694 Mongol Empire: 1206 to 1481 Early Poland: 1226 to 1830 Early Switzerland: 1291 to 1541 Renaissance Italy: 1420 to 1798 Austro-German Hapsburg Empire: 1438 to 1848 Early Netherlands: 1477 to 1890 Imperial Spain: 1479 to 1898 Britain under the Tudors: 1485 to 1603 Imperial Portugal: 1488 to 1910 The New World: 1492 to 1763 Decline of Turkish Empire: 1579 to 1908 France under the Bourbon Kings: 1589 to 1788 Colonial India: 1600 to 1930 Britain under the Stuarts: 1603 to 1714 Australia and New Zealand: 1606 to 2000 Russia under the Romanovs: 1613 to 1916 Rise of Prussia: 1618 to 1870 Georgian Britain: 1714 to 1836 Independent America: 1773 to 1909 Modern Scandinavia: 1778 to 2000 French Republic and Empire: 1789 to 1906 Modern Latin America: 1800 to 2000 Colonial Africa: 1814 to 1912 Victorian Britain: 1837 to 1901 Modern China: 1839 to 2000 Modern Italy: 1849 to 2000 Pre-War Germany: 1867 to 1911 Modern Japan: 1867 to 2000 Modern Ireland: 1900 to 2000 Modern Britain (uptil WW2): 1901 to 1945 Modern France: 1907 to 2000 Modern Germany: 1914 to 2000 Modern America (uptil WW2): 1914 to 1945 Modern Russia: 1917 to 2000 Modern Middle East: 1918 to 2000 Modern Warsaw Pact Countries: 1919 to 2000 Modern Internationalism: 1919 to 2000 Modern Spain and Portugal: 1926 to 2000 Modern Africa: 1930 to 2000 Modern South-East Asia: 1940 to 2000 Post-War Britain: 1945 to 2000 Modern India and Pakistan: 1947 to 2000 Post-War America & Canada: 1947 to 2000

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