<P> Another example is in the background of the Lands of Lore classic computer game, where the history of the Lands is divided in Ages . One of them is also called the Golden Age, a time when the Lands were ruled by the' Ancients', and there were no wars . This age ended with the' War of the Heretics' . </P> <P> The Golden Age may also refer to a state of early childhood . Herbert Spencer argued that young children progress through the cognitive stages of evolution of the human species and of human civilization, thereby linking pre-civilization and infancy . Kenneth Grahame called his evocation of early childhood' The Golden Age' and J.M. Barrie's fictional character Peter Pan, who first appeared in' The Little White Bird' was named after Pan, a Greek god from the Golden Age . Barrie's further works about Peter Pan depict early childhood as a time of pre-civilised naturalness and happiness, which is destroyed by the subsequent process of education . </P> <P> The term "Golden Age" is at present frequently used in the context of various fields, such as the "Spanish Golden Age", "Dutch Golden Age", "Golden age of alpinism", "Golden Age of American animation", "Golden Age of Comics", "Golden Age of Science Fiction", "Golden Age of Hollywood", "Golden Age of Hip Hop" and even "Golden Age of Piracy" or "Golden Age of Porn". Usually, the term "Golden Age" is bestowed retroactively, when the period in question has ended and is compared with what followed in the specific field discussed . </P>

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