<Table> <Tr> <Th> Continents </Th> <Th> Regions </Th> <Th> Periods articles </Th> <Th> Major periods </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> North Africa </Td> <Td> North Africa </Td> <Td> Paleolithic <P> Epipaleolithic Neolithic c. 7500 BCE Iron Age Roman </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sub-Saharan Africa </Td> <Td> Sub-Saharan Africa </Td> <Td> Earlier Stone Age <P> Middle Stone Age Later Stone Age Neolithic c. 4000 BCE Bronze Age ( 3500 -- 600 BCE ) Iron Age ( 550 BC -- 700 CE ) Classic Middle Ages ( c. 700 -- 1700 CE ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Near East </Td> <Td> Levantine </Td> <Td> Stone Age ( 2,000,000 -- 3300 BCE ) <P> Bronze Age ( 3300 -- 1200 BCE ) Iron Age ( 1200 -- 586 BCE ) Historical periods ( 586 BCE -- present ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Asia </Td> <Td> South Asian Periods </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> East Asia </Td> <Td> East Asia Periods </Td> <Td> Neolithic c. 7500 BCE Pengtoushan culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Asia </Td> <Td> North Asia Periods </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Korea </Td> <Td> Korean Periods </Td> <Td> Paleolithic c. 40,000 / 30,000 -- c. 8000 BCE <P> Jeulmun pottery period c. 8000 -- 1500 BCE Mumun pottery period c. 1500 -- 300 BCE Protohistoric period c. 300 BCE -- 300 / 400 CE Three Kingdoms of Korea c. 300 / 400 -- 668 CE </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> Japan Periods </Td> <Td> Paleolithic c. 100,000 -- c . 10,000 BCE <P> Jōmon period c. 10,000 -- 300 BCE Yayoi period c. 300 BCE -- 250 CE Yamato period c. 250 -- 710 CE </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> China </Td> <Td> China Periods </Td> <Td> Paleolithic c. 1.36 million years ago <P> Neolithic period c. 10,000 -- 2100 BCE Ancient China c. 2100 -- 221 BCE Imperial period c. 221 BCE -- 1911 CE Modern period </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Americas </Td> <Td> North America </Td> <Td> North America </Td> <Td> Lithic / Paleo - Indian ( pre 8000 BCE ) <P> Archaic ( c. 8000 -- 1000 BCE ) Woodland ( 1000 BCE to 1000 CE ) Mississippian ( 800 CE to 1600 CE ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mesoamerica </Td> <Td> Mesoamerica </Td> <Td> Lithic / Paleo - Indian ( pre 8000 BCE ) <P> Archaic ( c. 8000 -- 1000 BCE ) Formative ( c. 1000 BCE -- 250 CE ) Classic ( 250 -- 900 CE ) Post-Classic ( 900 -- 1515 ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South America </Td> <Td> South America ( Peru ) </Td> <Td> Lithic / Paleo - Indian ( pre c. 8200 BCE ) <P> Archaic ( c. 8200 -- 1000 BCE ) Formative ( c. 1000 BCE -- 500 CE ) Classic ( c. 500 -- 1200 CE ) Post-Classic ( c. 1200 -- 1900 CE ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australasia </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> Indigenous Period ( 60,000 BCE -- 1606 CE ) <P> European - Contact Pre-Settlement Period ( 1606 -- 1788 CE ) Settlement / Pre-Industrial Period ( 1788 -- 1820 CE ) Industrial / Modern ( 1820s -- Present ) NB Australian archaeology is often simply classified as Pre-historic before European settlement ( prior to 1788 ) , and Historic ( post-1788 ) but this is contentious as it infers indigenous Australians had no history , despite having a strong oral tradition . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> Archaic period ( 1000 -- 1350 / 1650 CE ) <P> Classic period ( 1350 -- 1800 ; 1650 -- 1800 in eastern South Island ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oceania </Td> <Td> Oceania </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Europe </Td> <Td> Northern Europe </Td> <Td> Northern Europe </Td> <Td> Nordic Stone Age <P> Nordic Bronze Age Pre-Roman Iron Age Roman Iron Age in northern Europe ( c. 1 CE -- 400 CE ) Germanic Iron Age ( c. 400 -- 800 CE ) Viking Age ( c. 800 -- 1066 CE ) Medieval period ( 1066 -- c. 1500 ) Post-medieval period ( c. 1500 -- c. 1800 ) Industrial / Modern </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Western Europe </Td> <Td> Western Europe </Td> <Td> Paleolithic ( pre c. 8800 BCE ) <P> Mesolithic ( c. 8800 -- 4900 BCE ) Neolithic ( c. 4900 -- 2000 BCE ) Bronze Age ( c. 2000 -- 800 BCE ) Iron Age ( c. late 11th century BCE -- 1 BCE ) Roman ( c. 56 BCE -- 400 CE ) Early medieval period ( c. 400 -- 800 CE ) Medieval period (
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Continents </Th> <Th> Regions </Th> <Th> Periods articles </Th> <Th> Major periods </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> North Africa </Td> <Td> North Africa </Td> <Td> Paleolithic <P> Epipaleolithic Neolithic c. 7500 BCE Iron Age Roman </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sub-Saharan Africa </Td> <Td> Sub-Saharan Africa </Td> <Td> Earlier Stone Age <P> Middle Stone Age Later Stone Age Neolithic c. 4000 BCE Bronze Age ( 3500 -- 600 BCE ) Iron Age ( 550 BC -- 700 CE ) Classic Middle Ages ( c. 700 -- 1700 CE ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Asia </Td> <Td> Near East </Td> <Td> Levantine </Td> <Td> Stone Age ( 2,000,000 -- 3300 BCE ) <P> Bronze Age ( 3300 -- 1200 BCE ) Iron Age ( 1200 -- 586 BCE ) Historical periods ( 586 BCE -- present ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Asia </Td> <Td> South Asian Periods </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> East Asia </Td> <Td> East Asia Periods </Td> <Td> Neolithic c. 7500 BCE Pengtoushan culture </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Asia </Td> <Td> North Asia Periods </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Korea </Td> <Td> Korean Periods </Td> <Td> Paleolithic c. 40,000 / 30,000 -- c. 8000 BCE <P> Jeulmun pottery period c. 8000 -- 1500 BCE Mumun pottery period c. 1500 -- 300 BCE Protohistoric period c. 300 BCE -- 300 / 400 CE Three Kingdoms of Korea c. 300 / 400 -- 668 CE </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> Japan Periods </Td> <Td> Paleolithic c. 100,000 -- c . 10,000 BCE <P> Jōmon period c. 10,000 -- 300 BCE Yayoi period c. 300 BCE -- 250 CE Yamato period c. 250 -- 710 CE </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> China </Td> <Td> China Periods </Td> <Td> Paleolithic c. 1.36 million years ago <P> Neolithic period c. 10,000 -- 2100 BCE Ancient China c. 2100 -- 221 BCE Imperial period c. 221 BCE -- 1911 CE Modern period </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Americas </Td> <Td> North America </Td> <Td> North America </Td> <Td> Lithic / Paleo - Indian ( pre 8000 BCE ) <P> Archaic ( c. 8000 -- 1000 BCE ) Woodland ( 1000 BCE to 1000 CE ) Mississippian ( 800 CE to 1600 CE ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mesoamerica </Td> <Td> Mesoamerica </Td> <Td> Lithic / Paleo - Indian ( pre 8000 BCE ) <P> Archaic ( c. 8000 -- 1000 BCE ) Formative ( c. 1000 BCE -- 250 CE ) Classic ( 250 -- 900 CE ) Post-Classic ( 900 -- 1515 ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South America </Td> <Td> South America ( Peru ) </Td> <Td> Lithic / Paleo - Indian ( pre c. 8200 BCE ) <P> Archaic ( c. 8200 -- 1000 BCE ) Formative ( c. 1000 BCE -- 500 CE ) Classic ( c. 500 -- 1200 CE ) Post-Classic ( c. 1200 -- 1900 CE ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australasia </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> Indigenous Period ( 60,000 BCE -- 1606 CE ) <P> European - Contact Pre-Settlement Period ( 1606 -- 1788 CE ) Settlement / Pre-Industrial Period ( 1788 -- 1820 CE ) Industrial / Modern ( 1820s -- Present ) NB Australian archaeology is often simply classified as Pre-historic before European settlement ( prior to 1788 ) , and Historic ( post-1788 ) but this is contentious as it infers indigenous Australians had no history , despite having a strong oral tradition . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> Archaic period ( 1000 -- 1350 / 1650 CE ) <P> Classic period ( 1350 -- 1800 ; 1650 -- 1800 in eastern South Island ) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oceania </Td> <Td> Oceania </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Europe </Td> <Td> Northern Europe </Td> <Td> Northern Europe </Td> <Td> Nordic Stone Age <P> Nordic Bronze Age Pre-Roman Iron Age Roman Iron Age in northern Europe ( c. 1 CE -- 400 CE ) Germanic Iron Age ( c. 400 -- 800 CE ) Viking Age ( c. 800 -- 1066 CE ) Medieval period ( 1066 -- c. 1500 ) Post-medieval period ( c. 1500 -- c. 1800 ) Industrial / Modern </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Western Europe </Td> <Td> Western Europe </Td> <Td> Paleolithic ( pre c. 8800 BCE ) <P> Mesolithic ( c. 8800 -- 4900 BCE ) Neolithic ( c. 4900 -- 2000 BCE ) Bronze Age ( c. 2000 -- 800 BCE ) Iron Age ( c. late 11th century BCE -- 1 BCE ) Roman ( c. 56 BCE -- 400 CE ) Early medieval period ( c. 400 -- 800 CE ) Medieval period (
what is the period which precedes the neolithic revolution
what is the period which precedes the neolithic revolution
Epipaleolithic
Epipaleolithic