The era associated with Hippocrates and Galen in the provided timeline is which?

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The era associated with Hippocrates and Galen in the provided timeline is which?

Hippocrates and Galen belong to Classical Antiquity—the span of ancient Greek and Roman civilization when medicine and science flourished and were documented. Hippocrates lived in 5th century BCE Greece, and Galen practiced in the Roman world in the 2nd century CE. Their lifetimes and medical writings place them squarely in this era, long before the Middle Ages and well after the Stone Age. The Stone Age is prehistory with little to no written medical records, the Iron Age centers on material culture rather than a specific intellectual period, and the Renaissance comes centuries later as a revival of classical learning.

Hippocrates and Galen belong to Classical Antiquity—the span of ancient Greek and Roman civilization when medicine and science flourished and were documented. Hippocrates lived in 5th century BCE Greece, and Galen practiced in the Roman world in the 2nd century CE. Their lifetimes and medical writings place them squarely in this era, long before the Middle Ages and well after the Stone Age. The Stone Age is prehistory with little to no written medical records, the Iron Age centers on material culture rather than a specific intellectual period, and the Renaissance comes centuries later as a revival of classical learning.

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