You have earned $2$ point$($s$)$ out of $3$ point$($s$)$ thus far.

Match the characteristic to its era.

the time before written history

This period includes the great early civilizations of the ancient Near East $($think Babylonia$),$ ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, the Etruscans, and the Romanseverything that comes after the invention of writing and before the fall of the Roman Empire. Keep in mind the disintegration of the Roman Empire took centuries, but to simplify, c$.400$ will do$.$

The first half of this thousand$-$year period witnessed terrible political and economic upheaval in Western

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Middle Ages $($c$.400$ C$.$E$.$ to c$.1400$ C$.$E$.)$

Early Modern $($c$.1600-1800)$

Prehistoric $($before c$.3000$ B$.$C$.$E$.)$

Ancient $($c$.3000$ B$.$C$.$E$.$ to c$.400$ C$.$E$.)$

Renaissance $($c$.1400$ to $1600)$