 Complete the following phrase:  With civilizations flourishing, ancient history Antiquity, including the Classical Age and Golden Age of India, up to about 500 CE saw the rise and fall of empires. Post-classical history the Middle Ages, c. 5001500 CE, witnessed the rise of Christianity, the Islamic Golden Age c. 750 CE  c. 1258 CE, and the Timurid and Italian Renaissances from around 1300 CE. The mid-15th-century introduction of movable-type printing in Europe revolutionized communication and facilitated ever wider dissemination of information, hastening the end of the Middle Ages and ushering in the 