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The periods used to divide world history by historians are the Middle Ages, Late Middle Ages, Dark Ages, Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age, pre-war, post-war, and many others to mark events, prehistory, and notable periods.
the labels are based on christian traditions and do not represent all world cultures.
Chronological Thinking
Christian historians have had a major impact on how the world divides time into periods. (APEX)
If you're using history to literally mean past events, then the world would be like it's just beginning because, well, it would be. But if you mean history as in a knowledge of past events, then the answer is the same, as only our knowledge of past events allows us to advance.