Prehistory is the time before the appearance of the written word. The Sumerian language was the first known written language, written in cuneiform script from about 3000 BC. Soon after that, other cultures developed their own styles of writing. Egyptian hieroglyphs, or picture writing, was introduced about 200 to 300 years before the Sumerian cuneiform script, was not true writing in the sense that it used pictures, not letters.
325 BC[or]AD325
Prehistory is that very long period of human existence where no written historical accounts were made.
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Which phrase defines the time called prehistory
Prehistory is any time before writing began about 6,000 years ago. Hence, prehistory began 13.8 billion years ago, with the Big Bang.
5,500 years ago
325 BC[or]AD325
Tens of thousands of years ago the land we call south caroina didn't keep records and we call that prehistory
Prehistory is that very long period of human existence where no written historical accounts were made.
This is called the Oligocene Epoch.
The era after prehistory is known as history. History typically refers to recorded events and developments in human societies that began with the invention of writing around 5,000 years ago.
Prehistory means before the invention of writing. Remember that there is a difference between proto-writing and true writing. Protowriting happened about 9,000 years ago in 7th millenium BC.Egypt's prehistory begans 5,200 years ago, or 3,200 BCE.Human prehistory begins about 200,000 years ago. However, there are many carved rocks and evidences of hunting, art, etc. from before then, that can be classified under homininae, the broader class of standing up-right human cousins.
The earliest era of prehistory was also the longest. The Stone Age lasted from around 25,000 years to ago to about 5,500 years ago.
Actually slavery began thousands of years ago in prehistory when they were used by ancient Romans and egyptians.
Prehistoric refers to anything before humans began to record things. In the Middle East, prehistory ended around 3500 BC, or 5,500 years ago, while in most of the Americas prehistory didn't end until 1492 or after. Stegosaurus died out 150 million years ago, long before humans even existed, let alone written records. Stegosaurus, therefor, is a prehistoric creature.
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