MOVIELINE
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.

175published periods
3 / 175Clear
REPRESENTED HISTORYJump to a centuryOnly centuries with linked timeline entries are shown.
All centuries800th c. BCE350th c. BCE349th c. BCE348th c. BCE347th c. BCE346th c. BCE345th c. BCE344th c. BCE343rd c. BCE342nd c. BCE341st c. BCE340th c. BCE339th c. BCE338th c. BCE337th c. BCE336th c. BCE335th c. BCE334th c. BCE333rd c. BCE332nd c. BCE331st c. BCE330th c. BCE329th c. BCE328th c. BCE327th c. BCE326th c. BCE325th c. BCE324th c. BCE323rd c. BCE322nd c. BCE321st c. BCE320th c. BCE319th c. BCE318th c. BCE317th c. BCE316th c. BCE315th c. BCE314th c. BCE313th c. BCE312th c. BCE311th c. BCE310th c. BCE309th c. BCE308th c. BCE307th c. BCE306th c. BCE305th c. BCE304th c. BCE303rd c. BCE302nd c. BCE301st c. BCE300th c. BCE200th c. BCE33rd c. BCE26th c. BCE21st c. BCE14th c. BCE13th c. BCE12th c. BCE11th c. BCE8th c. BCE6th c. BCE5th c. BCE4th c. BCE3rd c. BCE2nd c. BCE1st c. BCE1st c.2nd c.3rd c.4th c.5th c.7th c.8th c.9th c.10th c.11th c.12th c.13th c.14th c.15th c.16th c.17th c.18th c.19th c.20th c.21st c.
dynasty1

Song dynasty

960 → 1279

Also known as dinastia Song · Dinastia Sung · Dynastia Song

Chinese imperial dynasty associated with commercial expansion, technological advances and major cultural developments.

1 linked title→
period34

Middle Ages

500 → 1500

Also known as Edad Media · época medieval · Idade Média

Conventional European historical era between late antiquity and the early modern period, with varying local periodization.

34 linked titles→
historical era3

Viking Age

793 → 1066

Part of Middle Ages

Also known as Age des Vikings · Edad vikinga · epoca vichinga

The broader Scandinavian and North Atlantic historical context of Viking expansion and raiding, conventionally dated c. 793–1066 CE.

3 linked titles→