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This period started with the appearance of first humans 2 million years ago and ended with introductions of writing 3,200 years ago.
IT IS DIVIDED IN TWO PERIODS:
1- PALEOLITHIC - 2 million years ago:
- People lived in caves and hunted animals. They dressed with animal skins.
- They used simple tools. They discovered fire.
- People were nomads, which means they moved from place to place.
2 - NEOLITHIC - 10,000 years ago.
- People began to live in one place.
- They farmed crops and kept domestic animals such as sheep.

We know about this period because we have cave paintings, tools and other objects.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES:
- How to make fires.
- Later they invented the wheel
- Finally the writing (this was the end of prehistory).

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This period started with the introduction of writing and ended with the fall of the Roman Empire.
Important civilisations:
- ANCIENT ROME: They introduced many innovations in the places they conquered: roads, central heating, calendar, aqueducts, newspapers.
They came to the Iberian Peninsula and called it HISPANIA. They spoke LATIN, they worshipped different Gods.
Some examples in Spain are: Aqueduct in Segovia, Roman circus in Mérida.

- ANCIENT GREEKS - They developed ideas that are still important know such as: democracy, sports and olympic games, theatre, advances in maths / philosophy and science.They invented coins.
There were important people: Pitagoras,...

- ANCIENT EGYPT - Before Romans and Greeks. They built pyramids, they were rules by pharaohs, they wrote using hieroglyphics.

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It started with the fail of the Roman Empire. In the 8th century the Muslims came to the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa. They conquered part of it and called it AL ANDALUS. In the north there were small Christian Kingdoms.
Characteristics of both of them:
1. CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS:
- They built many churches and monasteries ruled by priests and monks.
- The king was the most important figure, followed by noblemen, which lived in castles and had soldiers and servants. Then the clergy.
- Most people were peasants and lived in villages and worked the land.
2. AL ANDALUS -
- There were more towns and cities.
- They built mosques and beautiful palaces (Alhambra in Granada).
- There were artisans and merchants.

The Christians conquered Al-Andalus. This called "The Reconquista". In 1492 the Christians conquered Granada, the last muslim kingdom. This is the end of the Middle Ages.

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It started in 1492 when Christopher Columbus started a trip which took him to discover America. It ende with the French Revolution in 1789.
Many explorers sailed around the world and discovered many places.
In Spain this period is called "The Golden Age" as it was an important period for art and literature.
INVENTIONS and OTHER FACTS:
- Printing Press by Gutemberg.
- Ships were better and faster.
- European explorers used the COMPASS (another invention) and made better maps.
- Two of the most important writers lived in this period: Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet), Cervantes (El Quijote).

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It started with the FRENCH REVOLUTION. It was a time of revolution and change.
The invention of the STEAM ENGINE started the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION that changed the society:
-  Many factories were built and products were made faster and cheaper.
- People moved from rural areas to cities.
- Revolution in transport: bicycle, automobile. This helped to transport material and other products faster.
- Revolution in communication: invention of telegraph, telephone, radio.