Ages Of Mankind

Ages Of Mankind
   From Greek mythology, they are Gold, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron, in that order. In each age mankind became more corrupt. The Gold age was a time of perfection, with no wants or needs, but by the Iron age mankind was evil, corrupt and loved war.

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