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Here is a brief list of the popular historic eras and themes collected by military miniature enthusiasts.
Favorite Eras and Events
| Era or Theme | Major Nations and Events | Other name for Era |
| Ancient (Early) | Egypt, Sumeria, Assyria, Persia, Homeric Greeks | |
| Ancient (Late) | Macedonia, Greece, Rome. Gaul | |
| Migration Era | Huns, Rome, Byzantium, Saxons ,Vikings, early Normans | Dark Ages |
| Early Middle Ages | Charlemagne, Crusades, Avars, Norman England | |
| Late Middle Ages | 100 Years War, War of the Roses, Ottoman Empire | |
| Renaissance | 30 Years war, Swiss Pikemen, English Civil War | Pike and Shot |
| Age of Reason | 7 Years War, American Revolution | Horse & Musket |
| Early 19th Century | Napoleon's Wars, War of 1812, Alamo | Napoleonic, Horse & Musket |
| Late 19th Century | American Civil War, Franco Prussian War, Spanish-American war | |
| Colonial Expansion | American Indian Wars, Boer war, Zulu War, Riff Uprising | Colonial, Victorian |
| Early 20th Century | World War I | World War II era |
| Middle 20th Century | World War II, Korean War, early Arab Israeli Wars | Cold War |
| Late 20th Century | Vietnam, October War, Iraq-Iran War, Balkans, Desert Storm | Modern |
| 21st Century | Afghanistan, War in Iraq | Modern |