From

To

Epoch

Before

0800 BC

Antiquity

0801 BC

0500

Classical World

0501

1000

Age of Faith

1001

1300

Middle Ages

1300

1450

Renaissance

1451

1600

Trade & Exploration

1600

1700

Age of Enlightenment

1701

1780

Age of Reason

1781

1869

Industrial Revolution

1870

1939

Electric Age

1940

1962

Electronic & Nuclear Age

1963

2005

Information Age

2006

Beyond

Age of Space Travel