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Oh no, for me it would definitely be early era, I have an aversion for anything modern-like in my fantasy games… Gunpowder = instant frown.
It never goes that far. Late era just means that you have people running around with crossbows and/or heavy armour. So as far as technology goes, it reaches the point just before gunpowder weapons started to appear on the battlefield. Early era can be compared to roughly classical Greece (a few nations have discovered how to properly work metals, but most are stuck with relatively simple bronze equipment or similar)