Timelines

A long and distinct period of time with a particular feature or characteristic.

• timeline

• generation

• era

• decade

A period of 10 years.

• decade

• millenium

• century

• timeline

Describes a period of time between the birth of parents and their children.

• century

• BC/BCE

• era

• generation

The order of events from earliest to latest.

• timeline

• era

• chronological order

• decade

Approximately.

• date

• events

• single-tier timeline

• circa

Contains more than one level of events occuring in chronological order.

• single-tier timeline

• multi-tier timeline

• circa

• era

Shows a span of time between events and the order in which they occur.

• timeline

• chronological order

• AD/CE

• generation

Before Christ. Before Common Era.

• AD/CE

• BC/BCE

• date

• title

A period of 1,000 years.

• decade

• century

• millennium

• era

Contains a single level of events in chronological order.

• chronological order

• single-tier timeline

• multi-tier timeline

• millennium