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Enum: HistoricalPeriod

Major historical periods

URI: valuesets:HistoricalPeriod

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
PREHISTORIC None Before written records
ANCIENT None Ancient history (3000 BCE - 500 CE)
CLASSICAL_ANTIQUITY None Classical antiquity (8th century BCE - 6th century CE)
MIDDLE_AGES None Middle Ages (5th - 15th century)
RENAISSANCE None Renaissance (14th - 17th century)
EARLY_MODERN None Early modern period (15th - 18th century)
INDUSTRIAL_AGE None Industrial age (1760 - 1840)
MODERN None Modern era (19th century - mid 20th century)
CONTEMPORARY None Contemporary period (mid 20th century - present)
DIGITAL_AGE None Digital/Information age (1950s - present)

Slots

Name Description
historical_period Major historical periods

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: HistoricalPeriod
description: Major historical periods
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  PREHISTORIC:
    text: PREHISTORIC
    description: Before written records
  ANCIENT:
    text: ANCIENT
    description: Ancient history (3000 BCE - 500 CE)
  CLASSICAL_ANTIQUITY:
    text: CLASSICAL_ANTIQUITY
    description: Classical antiquity (8th century BCE - 6th century CE)
  MIDDLE_AGES:
    text: MIDDLE_AGES
    description: Middle Ages (5th - 15th century)
  RENAISSANCE:
    text: RENAISSANCE
    description: Renaissance (14th - 17th century)
  EARLY_MODERN:
    text: EARLY_MODERN
    description: Early modern period (15th - 18th century)
  INDUSTRIAL_AGE:
    text: INDUSTRIAL_AGE
    description: Industrial age (1760 - 1840)
  MODERN:
    text: MODERN
    description: Modern era (19th century - mid 20th century)
  CONTEMPORARY:
    text: CONTEMPORARY
    description: Contemporary period (mid 20th century - present)
  DIGITAL_AGE:
    text: DIGITAL_AGE
    description: Digital/Information age (1950s - present)