Timeline for users ignorant of history This is probably a stupid question but could articles dealing with broad Western chronologies like this one incorporate some kind of overarching timeline template to contextualize epochs like late middle early modern renaissance classical relative to each other  I realize these terms arent precise or rigorous but they could still be depicted on a chart that would really help out users like me      Id be happy to make and post this template if someone could wiki me up with the relevant periods terminology and dates