how long is an age?

Answer 1

There is no set time. It can be used like in The Ice Age, The Stone Age, The Age of Aquarius, The Space Age, etc.

Answer 2

Well the Stone Age lasted for many thousands of years whilst the Oil Age - the one in which we live now - began about 125 years ago and will come to an end in about 25 years.

Answer 3

rather than other words referring to a certain amount of time an age is not a cold equation based on the clock. an age is more of the calculation of a time based on a certain idea or event, take for example the "age of methology" (first thing that came to my min "the game:p) it refers to the time where ppl. belived in all types of meths and all...the time period it refers to if the roman and greek time. another age, which is shorter than that of the myths, is "the age of imperlism" or the age of the industrial revolution...in an age numbers are not the X factor, but the events are the factor which makes each event unique than the other......

Answer 4

Ages i think are usually determined by defining events. The age of enlightnement was defined by the number of great thinkers that came out during that time. Or the rennosance was defined by all the great artwork that came out of that age. There have been golden ages often marked by peace and prosperity. So it really depends they can be long or short.

Answer 5

This is apparently quite arbitrary; usually an age exists until the quality that defined it has changed and become something else, such as the New Stone age becoming the Bronze age.

Answer 6

Same length as a piece of string...
;)

Seriously though, an aeon is a unit of geological time, equivalent to a thousand million years; an age seems to be a bit less defined. The following wikipedia article may help...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_periods

Answer 7

It can be several years or more depending on the length you are discussing.

Answer 8

Five letters and one space!

Answer 9

My age......I hopefully I 'll live until 70

Answer 10

Really long.