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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 1333754, member: 8959&quot;]I agree various countries would tend to classify the ages of Mankind in different ways, however, nobody so far has mentioned the Renaissance (the Rebirth) , which is a well accepted and well defined period signaling the end of the Middle Ages. </p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, as taught in schools in Germany, the ages are:</p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient times - up to about 500 a.d</p><p>Middle ages -&nbsp; up to about the 1480&#039;s (marked by the Fall of Contantinople, Discovery of America, Guttemberg etc)</p><p>Renaissance - 1500-1600&#039;s</p><p>Baroque - 1600 - 1750</p><p>Classical - 1750- 1800 </p><p>The Romantic Age -1800 to ?&nbsp; </p><p>1900(?) Onwards -&nbsp; Modern times</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, this is when looked at from the Middle European (german) perspective.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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