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
Golden Age of American Illustration artistic period
Cleveland administration historical government period
Age of Nationalism
Roman Kingdom period of ancient Rome
Dead-ball era
Greater Romania
Carolingian period
American colonial period
surface form: American colonial period (Philippines)
Pax Britannica
Late Baroque artistic period
Second Republic of Nigeria
Nordic Bronze Age prehistoric period
Chitlin' Circuit historical concept
First Republic of Nigeria period of Nigerian history
British Raj (Company rule in India)
Winning Plan for woman suffrage historical concept
Oregon territorial period
Trienio Liberal
Fifth Republic of the Philippines period of Philippine history
Philippine Martial Law period
Late Intermediate Period
Western Chalukya period
Agricultural Revolution in Britain
Prohibition era in the United States
Besættelsen
Swiss Enlightenment
Sonso phase archaeological period
Medieval art art historical period
Golden Age of Broadway (early phase)
Golden Age of American animation
Romanitas historical concept
Interwar period
Middle Ages
First Italian Republic historical period of Italy
Yayoi period
medieval Spain
Louis XV period artistic period
Salmon P. Chase Court
Age of Reason
Golden Age of Comic Books
World War I and early Second Polish Republic
Kemmu era
Early Dynastic Egypt
Two Red Years
Edwardian literature literary period
Silver Age of Comic Books
Interregnum in the Holy Roman Empire
Chicago Black Renaissance
Italian Baroque cultural period
Baroque music historical music period