Post-classical history

Period between ancient and modern history Well-known medieval artworks, each representing a certain civilization. From left to right: Moai (Polynesia), Machu Picchu (Inca Empire), Jade mask of Pakal the Great (Maya civilization), the Book of Kells (Insular art), Notre-Dame de Paris (French Gothic architecture), Basilica of San Vitale (Byzantine architecture), Dome of the Rock (Islamic Golden Age), Djinguereber Mosque (Mali Empire), Gur-e-Amir (Timurid Empire), Diamond Sutra (Tang dynasty), Nataraja (Chola dynasty), and portrait of Jayavarman VII at Bayon (Khmer Empire) Part of a series onHuman history ↑ Prehistory (Stone Age) (Pleistocene epoch) Holocene TimelinesNeolithic – Contemporary(11,650 BP – present) Age of the human race Recorded history (Common Era) Earliest records Protohistory Proto-writing Ancient Copper Age Bronze Age Iron Age Axial Age Classical antiquity Late antiquity Africa North America South America Oceania East Asia South Asia Southeast Asia West Asia Europe Postclassical Timeline Africa Americas Oceania East Asia South Asia Southeast Asia West Asia Europe Renaissance Modern Early modern Late modern Contemporary Africa North America South America Oceania