Editing List of time periods (section)

==Technological periods==
* '''[[Prehistory]]'''
** '''[[Paleolithic]]''' ([[Lower Paleolithic|Lower]], [[Middle Paleolithic|Middle]], [[Upper Paleolithic|Upper]])
** '''[[Mesolithic]]''' ([[Epipaleolithic]])
** '''[[Neolithic]]'''
** '''[[Chalcolithic]]''' (or "Eneolithic", "Copper Age")
* '''[[Ancient history]]''' (The Bronze and Iron Ages are not part of prehistory for all regions and civilizations who had adopted or developed a writing system.)
** '''[[Bronze Age]]'''
** '''[[Iron Age]]'''
* '''[[Late Middle Ages]]'''
** '''[[Renaissance]]'''
* '''[[Early modern period|Early modern history]]'''
* '''[[Modern history]]'''
** '''[[Industrial Age]]''' (1760–1970)
** '''[[Machine Age]]''' (1880–1945)
*** [[Age of Oil]] (1901–present)
*** [[Jet Age]] (1940s)
** '''[[Nuclear Age]]''' (a.k.a. '''Atomic Era''') (1945/1950–present)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38381878|title=Big digs: The year 2016 in archaeology|last=Iles|first=Dr Louise|date=2016-12-30|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=2017-01-03|language=en-GB|archive-date=November 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117041806/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38381878|url-status=live}}</ref>
** '''[[Space Age]]''' (1957–present)
** '''[[Information Age]]''' (1970–present)
*** [[Internet Age]] (1990–present)
*** [[Intelligence Age]] (2024-present)<ref>{{Essay|last=Altman|first=Sam|date=September 2024|title=The Intelligence Age|url=https://ia.samaltman.com/}}</ref>