7. CONTENT
Prehistory
Ancient
Early Middle Ages
Middle Ages
Early modern
19th century
20th century

8. PREHISTORY
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Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age

9. Greek
colonies
Celtic Gaul
Roman Gaul
50 BC – 486 AD

10.  Franks
 Merovingian's
481–751
 Carolingians
751–987

11. MIDDLE AGES
 Direct
Captains
 Valois
987–1328
1328–1498

12. EARLY MODERN
 Valois-Orléans
1498–1515
 Valois-Angoulême
1515–1589
 House of Bourbon
1589–1792
 Kingdom of France
1492–1791
 French Revolution
 Kingdom of the
French
1789
1791–1792

13.  First Republic
• National Convention
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• Directory
• Consulate
First Empire
Restoration
July Revolution
July Monarchy
1848 Revolution
Second Republic
1792–1804
1792–1795
1795–1799
1799–1804
1804–1814
1814–1830
1830
1830–1848
1848
1848–1852
 Second Empire
1852–1870
 Third Republic
 Paris Commune
1870–1940
1871

14. Th
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CENTURY
French State (Vichy)
1940–1944
Provisional
Government
1944–1946
Fourth Republic
1946–1958
Fifth Republic
1958–present