Cultural Level

==Table==
Cultural Level 	ApproximateYear Range	Rough<Br>GURPS TL	Approximate<Br>start date	Related GURPS books
Stone Age 	10000-5000 BCE 	TL0 	Prehistory and later 	Classic: Ice Age; GURPS Low-Tech
Bronze Age 	5000-2500 BCE 	TL1 	3500 BCE+ 	Classic: Greece; GURPS Low-Tech
Iron Age 	2500-1 BCE 	TL2 	1200 BCE+ 	Classic: Imperial Rome; GURPS Low-Tech
"Classical" 	1-500 CE 	TL2 	1200 BCE+ 	Classic: Camelot; Classic: Middle Ages 1; GURPS Low-Tech
Dark Age 	500-800 CE 	TL2 to TL3 	600 CE+ 	Classic: Camelot; Classic: Middle Ages 1; GURPS Low-Tech
Early Medieval 	800-1200 CE 	TL3 	600 CE+ 	Classic: Middle Ages 1; GURPS Low-Tech
Medieval 	1200-1400 CE 	TL3 	600 CE+ 	Classic: Middle Ages 1; GURPS Low-Tech
Chivalric 	1400-1550 CE 	TL3 to TL4 	600 CE+; 1450+ 	Classic: Middle Ages 1; GURPS Low-Tech; GURPS High-Tech
Renaissance 	1550-1700 CE 	TL4 to TL5 	1450+; 1730+ 	GURPS High-Tech
"Masque of the Red Death"Ravenloft	1890's 	TL5-6 	1730+; 1880+ 	GURPS High-Tech
==Errors==
The comment that Classical separates the old world of primitive cultures from the more advanced, medieval societies stems from a popular misconception about the progression of technology. Shows like Connections (1978) as well as GURPS itself showed that such a view was incorrect. There is gross misinformation about what is in these Cultural levels as well.
===Bronze Age=== 
*"The concept of locks and keys, for example, has not yet been hit upon."
In reality the oldest known lock dates to c. 4000 BCE
*"The most advanced form of armor generally found in these places is studded leather, so those who wear any form of mail will be markedly out of place."
This is only because Iron Age is set 1300 years earlier than it actually occured. By the time the iron age actually stated (c. 1300 BCE) Helmets, Armor, and Shields made of Bronze had appeared
==See Also==
*List of Domains of Dread
==References==
*Ravenloft: Domains of Dread (1997) pg 20-22
Category:Technology