Agriculture destinguishes the New Stone Age. Pre-history literally means "before written history", so you would say that lack of written history distinguishes the prehistoric period from the historic period.
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Farming was developed when there was a realization in human beings (early mans or our ancestors)to have a sustainable supply of food from any source apart from food gathering which proved to be non-sustainable after practicing it for some period of time.Farming has been around since time began.If you're a Christian, than farming began with Cain and Able.If you are not a Christian, the popular belief is that there was "an Age of Agriculture" during the Neolithic Era, sometimes called the New Stone age. This was around 7000 b.c.
Cleopatra lived in the Hellenistic era., or the Ptolemaic era in Egypt.
9500 BC.
The neolithic era was famous for the beginning of human technology. The neolithic era is known as the end of the stone age. You can get more information about the neolithic era online at the Wikipedia.
After the prehistoric era, came the recorded historic era comprising of the ancient , middle, and modern age.
They are pre-historic because there was no written record.
Writing, history started when people were able to write things down.
The prehistoric era is the time when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Prehistoric also refers to time before time and history started to be recorded.
All history is written and recorded by man. Therefore anything that occurred before the arrival of man and his learning to record events by writing and drawing must be classified as prehistoric.
Another name for the Prehistoric Era is the Stone Age.
Prehistoric Era
The prehistoric era is defined by a lack of written records and the use of stone tools by early human societies. It spans from the emergence of humans to the advent of writing systems. Key characteristics include cave paintings, hunter-gatherer lifestyles, and the slow development of agriculture.
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A historic era is a period of time that identified events, person or particular things that happened. An example would be the Industrial Era.
The Paleo-Indian Era, The Archaic Era, The Woodland Era, The Mississippian Era