Question

Why was religion-based timeline changed to the Ancient, Medieval and Modern periods?

• A. Because the social and economic factors were also taken into account.
• B. Because the kings of those times named it as such.
• C. Because the modern historians were biased towards Hinduism.
• D. Because the modern historians were biased towards Islam.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Because the social and economic factors were also taken into account.

Historical periods were earlier named on the basis of dominance of a religion for a particular period of time like the Hindu Age or the Muslim Age. But later on the necessity of including other aspects like social and economic factors along with religion was felt. So, the historical periods were termed as ancient, medieval and modern ages.