1. World History Eras World History/Weaver

2. Era 1 Beginning to 4000 BCE The Beginning of Human Society Reading a Timeline

3. Era 2 4000 BCE to 1000 BCE Early Civilizations and Cultures

4. Era 3 1000 BCE to 300 CE Classical Traditions and Major Empires

5. Era 4 300 CE to 1500 CE Expanding Hemispheric Interactions

6. Era 5 15 th to 18 th Centuries First Global Age

7. Era 6 1776 CE to 1914 CE Age of Global Revolutions

8. Era 7 1900 CE to 1945 CE Global Crisis and Achievement

9. Era 8 1945 to Present Cold War and its Aftermath

10. World History Eras Era 1 – Beginning to 4000 BCE Era 2 – 4000 BCE to 1000 BCE Era 3 – 1000 BCE to 300 CE Era 4 – 300 CE to 1500 CE Era 5 – 15 th to 18 th Centuries Era 6 – 1776 CE to 1914 CE Era 7 – 1900 CE to 1945 CE Era 8 – 1945 to Present

11. World History Eras Trivia Ballpoint Pen Harpoon Thimble Barbed Wire Velcro Button Ice Cream Tuning Fork  Era 7 (1938) Hungary by Laszlo Biro  Era 1 – (9000 BCE) Polar Civilization  Era 4 – (1000 CE) Byzantium  Era 6 – (1873) USA by Joseph Glidden  Era 8 – (1948) Switzerland by George deMestral  Era 2 – Indus Valley – (3000BC) reinvented Germany 1235  Era 3 – (400 BCE) Persia  Era 5 – (1711) England by John Shore Can you place these inventions in the correct Era? Extra Points for identifying region or country where first used.