Overview Typical Aspects

• History
• Middelbare school
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the Time of Hunters and Farmers

- 3000 BC

Typical Aspects:

• -life of hunter-gatherers
• -the start of agriculture
• -the first cities

Prehistory

the Time of Greeks and Romans

3000 BC - 500 AD

Typical Aspects:

• • citizenship and scientific thought in the Greek           city-states
  
• • the spread of the Greek-Roman culture
  
• • clash between the Romans and Germanic tribes
  
• • rise and spread of Christianity in the Roman             Empire
  
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Antiquity

the Time of Monks and Knights

500 AD - 1000 AD

Typical Aspects:

• • Rise and expansion of Islam
• • Change from urban agrarian society to self-               sufficient agrarian communities in Western               Europe
• • Feudal system and serfdom
• • Spreading of Christianity throughout Europe
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Early Middle Ages / Dark Ages

the Time of Cities and States

1000 - 1500

Typical Aspects:

• Return of trade and cities
  
• Rise of independent cities and citizenry
  
• Centralisation and the forming of states
  
• Conflict between Church and State
  
• Expansion of Christianity through Crusades

Late Middle Ages 

the Time of Discoverers and Reformers

1500 - 1600

Typical Aspects:

• • The start of European overseas expansion
• • The Renaissance and a changing world view
• • The Protestant Reformation
• • The Dutch Revolt and the birth of an independent     Dutch state
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Early Modern Age

the Time of Regents and Monarchs

1600 - 1700

Typical Aspects:

• the Dutch Golden Age
• the beginnings of a world economy
• the Scientific Revolution
• the power of absolute monarchs

The 17th Century / the Golden Age

the Time of Wigs and Revolutions

1700 - 1800

The 18th Century

Typical Aspects:

• the Enlightenment
  
• the American Revolution
  
• slavery and abolitionism
  
• the French Revolution

the Time of Citizens and Steam Engines

1800 - 1900

Typical Aspects:

-Democracy and a parliamentary system

-the Industrial Revolution

-Modern Imperialism

-Liberalism,Nationalism, Socialism and feminism

The Modern Age

the Time of World Wars

1900 - 1950

Typical Aspects:

• World War 1 and the Great Depression

• Totalitarian political systems: Communism, Fascism         and National-Socialism

• World War 2 and the German occupation of the              Netherlands

• Racism leading to genocide during the Holocaust

The early 20th century

the Time of Television and Computer

1950 - 2000

Typical Aspects:

• The Cold War and the nuclear arms race
• Decolonisation ending western hegemony
• the forming of the European Union
• Increasing western prosperity
• Development of multi-cultural societies

The Late 20th Century

Jagers en Boeren

Regenten en Vorsten

Grieken en Romeinen

Monniken en Ridders

Steden en Staten

Ontdekkers en Hervormers

Pruiken en Revoluties

Burgers en Stoommachines

Wereldoorlogen

Televisie en Computers