Ice Age Timeline

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c. 2600000 BCE - c. 12000 BCE
The Pleistocene epoch, ranging from c. 2,6 million years ago until c. 12,000 years ago. It is characterised by repeated cycles of glacials and interglacials.
c. 26500 BCE - c. 19000 BCE
Last Glacial Maximum - the time during which the ice sheets reached peak growth within the most recent glacial.
c. 11700 BCE
End of the most recent glacial episode within the current Quaternary Ice Age.
1837 CE
First description of an Ice Age by Louis Agassiz.