Question

What is one major difference between a region and a period

Answer 1

“era” refers to a period of time characterized by events in a chronological order.

“Period” can refer to a short interval of time or a very long interval of time.

Answer 2

A region refers to the geographical areas traditionally associated with a people, society or nation with specific features that are manifested in cultural elements of an area, especially the language and architecture, and with which its inhabitants identify during a historical time determined.  On the other hand, the period is the chronological division used to tell and separate the historical time of humanity. The periodization is the study of the General History of Humanity that usually divides human history, by convention and exclusively for didactic purposes