AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · Jan 19 The Stylebook's entry on historical periods and events advises capitalizing the names of widely recognized epochs in anthropology, archaeology, geology and history: the Bronze Age, the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages, the Pliocene Epoch.
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Capitalize also widely recognized popular names for the periods and events: the Boston Tea Party, the Civil War, the Exodus (of the Israelites from Egypt), the Great Depression, Prohibition. Following this logic, we changed our guidance in 2023 to capitalize the Civil Rights Movement.