WordNet
n. a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time; "a novel from the Victorian period" [syn: period, historical period]
an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age" [syn: age]
Usage examples of "historic period".
From the Formorians, who came before the Deluge, to the Milesians, who came from Spain in the Historic Period, the island was continuously inhabited.
With the unification of the Kingdoms begins the historic period of Egypt.
Solzhenitsyn's story an allencompassing portrayal of that historic period which is particularly marked by the bitter memory of the year 1937.
Leslie asking him what historic period he thought would be the most exciting.
The tie itself and the sentiment based upon it certainly belong to pre-Christian times, and must have been losing rather than gaining in strength during the historic period, say from the fourth century onwards.