historical period

C138
concept

A historical period is a span of time characterized by distinct social, political, cultural, or technological conditions that differentiate it from other eras in history.

All labels observed (163)

Label Occurrences
historical period canonical 703
historical era 69
historical concept 57

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: historical period
Generated description
A historical period is a span of time characterized by distinct social, political, cultural, or technological conditions that differentiate it from other eras in history.

Instances (1,090)

Instance Via concept surface
Enryaku era Japanese era
Longshuo
Qianfeng historical era
Zongzhang historical era
Tiaolu
Kingdom of Mary historical concept
Qianning historical era
Xianheng historical era
Nauvoo era of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Baháʼí Era religious era
Yuanxing historical era
regency of the Kingdom of Hungary
Scottish Enlightenment
Patristic period
Greek Antiquity
Victorian era
Late Mughal period
League of Nations era international law historical period of international law
Beria period of the NKVD
early Ottoman period
Presidency of John Tyler
Common Era calendar era
Turco-Mongol historical concept
aftermath of World War II
Semiboyarshchina
European royal houses historical concept
عهد الدولة الموحدية فترة تاريخية
Cold War
Terminal Classic period archaeological period
Marshall Court era historical era
Juei Japanese era
Genryaku Japanese era
Time of Troubles
Gondarine period
Pastoral period prehistoric period
Great Inflation economic period
Great Moderation macroeconomic period
Great Acceleration
Mughal period
Ping Wang
surface form: Eastern Zhou period
Ping
surface form: Eastern Zhou period
Pax Mongolica historical era
Malta in World War I
medieval England
Alfonsine Renaissance
Old Kingdom of Egypt
Cambrian Period geologic period
Early Intermediate Period archaeological period
Period V archaeological period
Period VI archaeological period