Hysterical Historical

his colleague:

[I decided to do this as I wanted eras beyond the 20th century]

Aries: Classical India (700 BCE - 350 BCE) -urbamism, Jainism, iron, trade, Buddhism

Taurus: Ancient Egypt (3000 BCE - 300 BCE) -pharoahs, the Nile, Hatshepsut, pyramids, hieroglyphs

Gemini: The Enlightenment (1650s - 1780s CE) -intellectualism, salons, Isaac Newton, philosophy, Voltaire

Cancer: Victorian (1837 - 1907 CE) -imperialism, Pax Brittanica, Disraeli and Gladstone, industirialization

Leo: Ancient Rome (8th century BCE - 476CE) -emperors, res publica, Caesar, aqueducts, SPQR, Punic Wars, Caligula

Virgo: Medieval Era (5th century - 15th century CE) -Dark Ages, rise of Islam and Christianity, 100 Years War, feudalism, Crusades, Black Plague

Libra: Ancient Greece (8th century BCE - 0CE) -democracy, Socrates, city-states, Pythagoras, literature, Homer, Olympics

Scorpio: Revolutionary Era (1750 - 1917 CE) -liberty, American and French Revolutions, Terror, romanticism, Napoleon

Sagittarius: The Renaissance (1350s - 1650s CE) -rebirth, reformation, the Big Four, science and art, Galileo, Elizabethan

Capricorn: Islamic Golden Age (750 - 1300 CE) -science, math, classical writings, Ibn Sina, House of Wisdom, caliphs

Aquarius: Six Dynasties (220 CE - 581 CE) -Three Kingdoms, Xu Ling, Buddhism, Daoism, pagodas