How do historians distinguish one historical period from another?
a. People living in various historical times usually name their period.
b. They look for certain similar characteristics that set one period apart from another.
c. They divide history into even increments of time.
d. They pick the most famous artist of the time period and go by the years of his or her birth and death.
b
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