The prehistoric era is the time when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Prehistoric also refers to time before time and history started to be recorded.
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A historic period is basically a historic year say for instance 1200 bc that would be a historic period e.g : the tudors is a historic period, The victorians is another historic period.
The pre-historic period, which encompasses the time before written records, lasted for tens of thousands of years, rather than being measured in centuries. It is generally divided into three main phases: the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age, with the Stone Age itself lasting from approximately 2.5 million years ago until around 3,000 BCE. This extensive timeline makes it difficult to quantify the pre-historic period in terms of centuries.
Historic and Pre-Historic
The invention of writing. As soon as there is written documentation by or about a people or culture, its 'pre-historic' period ends.
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.
J.P. Johnson has written: 'The pre-historic period in South Africa' -- subject(s): Accessible book
The animal that is known for the big bang period is the always popular and large pre historic animal the dinosaur.
The cast of Pre-Historic Man - 1924 includes: Otto Fries
The root word for "prehistoric" is "pre-", which means before or prior to, and "historic", which refers to events recorded in history. Together, they indicate a period of time before written records began.
historic. pre is the prefix.