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(historical) A period of time ranging from part of the 17ᵗʰ century through much of the 18ᵗʰ century, characterized particularly by the importance of logic and reason.
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A period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
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Alternative spelling of Belle Époque [(historical) A period of European history, extending over several decades until the start of the First World War, characterized by artistic and cultural refinement.]
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(historical) A period of European history, extending over several decades until the start of the First World War, characterized by artistic and cultural refinement.
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(historical) A period in Central Europe between 1815 and 1848 during which the middle class grew in number and the arts appealed to common sensibilities, starting with the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and ending with the onset of the Revolutions of 1848.
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A period of interstadial warming approximately 70,000 years ago.
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(historical) The transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the eastern Mediterranean and southwestern Asia, characterised by the collapse of the Hittite, Egyptian, Mycenean and Canaanite civilisations.
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(historical) The era of the height of Greco-Roman civilization in southern Europe, roughly comprising the 6th century BC to the 5th century (AD), although sometimes distinguished from Late Antiquity
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(see usage notes) The period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 CE.
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The period of the Middle Ages from about the fifth to the eleventh centuries that followed the collapse of the Western Roman Empire
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Describing a period of primarily European history between the Middle Ages and the modern period; the time between c. 1500–1800.
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(by extension) everlasting
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Coming after the classical period and, usually, maintaining continuity with it.
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(archaic) Of or relating to Michael Faraday (1791–1867), English scientist.
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(historical) The period of Egyptian history from the end of the Old Kingdom to the start of the Middle Kingdom (comprising the Seventh/Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and early Eleventh dynasties), characterized by a loss of central authority in favor of local nomarchs.
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Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.
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The period of United States history from the end of the Civil War to the end of the 19th century, a time marked by rapid economic expansion, a lack of government regulation, and rampant corruption.
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(finance, chiefly in the plural) One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity.
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The period of European history, between the Early Middle Ages and the Late Middle Ages, that saw great social and political change.
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(art, historical) The period marked by the apogee of the visual arts in the Italian Renaissance, traditionally regarded as taking place from the 1490s until 1527.
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(US, informal) Three prestigious colleges in the US: Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
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Alternative letter-case form of Late Antiquity [(historical) The period of Mediterranean and Eurasian history from around the 3rd to the 7th centuries CE, marked especially by the transition from the Roman and Persian Empires to the Middle Ages and the Islamic and Byzantine civilizations.]
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A transition in the Aegean Region, Southwestern Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age that historians believe was violent, sudden, and culturally disruptive.
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The period of European history between the High Middle Ages and the Early Modern period
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Initialism of Little Ice Age. [A period of cooling (not a true ice age) that followed the Medieval Warm Period and continued from about 1300 to about 1850.]
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A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one not the first language of any of its speakers.
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A period of cooling (not a true ice age) that followed the Medieval Warm Period and continued from about 1300 to about 1850.
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(historical) The period from 1688 to 1815, beginning with the Glorious Revolution and ending with the Battle of Waterloo.
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Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
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The study of the Middle Ages.
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A time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region that may have been related to other climate events around the world during that time, and which lasted from about 950 to 1250.
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(uncountable) The study of the Middle Ages.
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one who studies the culture and history of the Middle Ages
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(archaic or archaizing) Alternative spelling of medieval [Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.]
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Alternative letter-case form of Middle Ages [(historical) The period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500.]
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A period of African prehistory between the Early Stone Age and the Late Stone Age, generally considered to have begun around 280,000 years ago and ended around 50–25,000 years ago.
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(historical) The age of mass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages, circa 376 to 800 AD.
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Synonym of modern period or modern history (the period following postclassical history, in Europe known as the "Middle Ages", spanning from about 1500 to the present).
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Synonym of modern period or modern history (the period following postclassical history, in Europe known as the "Middle Ages", spanning from about 1500 to the present).
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The history of the world beginning after the Middle Ages.
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The period following postclassical history (in Europe known as the "Middle Ages"), spanning from about 1500 to the present.
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Synonym of modern period or modern history (the period following postclassical history, in Europe known as the "Middle Ages", spanning from about 1500 to the present).
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Initialism of Middle Stone Age. [A period of African prehistory between the Early Stone Age and the Late Stone Age, generally considered to have begun around 280,000 years ago and ended around 50–25,000 years ago.]
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Initialism of Medieval Warm Period. [A time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region that may have been related to other climate events around the world during that time, and which lasted from about 950 to 1250.]
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Describing the modern revival of medieval themes, or their use in music and popular culture
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Designating anything from a given historical era.
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(architecture, art) Pertaining to or characteristic of the art and architecture of the Early Middle Ages in around the 6th to 11th centuries, after the Migration Period and before the Romanesque era.
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Designating a transformative period in Maya history from the beginning of permanent village life c. 1000 BC until the advent of the Classic Period c. 250 AD.
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The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.
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(historical) The period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which racial riots took place in more than three dozen cities across the United States, as well as in one rural county in Arkansas.
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The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieval to modern times.
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(art, music) An artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, peaking from 1800 to 1850, characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical.
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(religion, Wicca) A religious tenet held by some Wiccans, stating that whatever energy, positive or negative, a person puts into the world will be returned threefold.
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A person who studies ancient Sumer and the Sumerians; an expert in Sumerology.
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(Quebec) Of or pertaining to the city of Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières) or its surrounding county.
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(historical) In European history, especially Scandinavian history, the period spanning the late 8th to 11th centuries, when the Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe for trade and conquest.
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