HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Historical Periods.

Browse eras and periods connected to films and series on the Movieline historical timeline.

Use films and series to compare how an era’s architecture, fashion, interiors and visual culture are represented on screen.

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Ancient Greece

1200 p.n.e. → 600

Broad historical era of Greek-speaking communities and city-states, including the archaic, classical and Hellenistic periods; its boundaries are conventional.

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Ancient Egypt

3100 p.n.e. → 30 p.n.e.

Civilization of the Nile Valley under successive Egyptian dynasties, from early political unification to the end of Ptolemaic rule.

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New Kingdom of Egypt

1550 p.n.e. → 1070 p.n.e.

Part of Ancient Egypt

Period of imperial expansion, powerful pharaohs and extensive political and diplomatic networks in ancient Egypt.

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Bronze Age

3300 p.n.e. → 1200 p.n.e.

Regionally variable archaeological era when bronze metallurgy became important across societies; its beginning and end differ greatly by region.