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Definitions of prehistory in various dictionaries:
noun - the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
History of humankind in the period before recorded history.
The circumstances or developments leading up to or surrounding a current situation, event, or development; background: “[He] then told me the curious prehistory of his obsessive interest in the seduction theory” (Janet Malcolm).
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| the period of time before written records. |
| the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word |
| the period of human history before there were written records of events: |
| The period of time before written records. |
| History of humankind in the period before recorded history. |
| The circumstances or developments leading up to or surrounding a situation, event, or development background: "He then told me the curious prehistory of his obsessive interest in the seduction theory ( Janet Malcolm). |
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Human prehistory is the period between the use of the first stone tools c. 3.3 million years ago by hominins and the invention of writing systems. The earliest writing systems appeared c. 5,300 years ago, but it took thousands of years for writing to be widely adopted and it was not used in some human cultures until the 19th century or even until present. The end of prehistory therefore came at very different dates in different places, and the term is less often used in discussing societies where prehistory ended relatively recently. * Sumer in Mesopotamia, the Indus valley civilisation and ancient Egypt were the first civilisations to develop their own scripts, and to keep historical records; this took place already during the early Bronze Age. Neighbouring civilizations were the first to follow. Most other civilizations reached the end of prehistory during the Iron Age. The three-age system of division of prehistory into the Stone Age, followed by the Bronze Age and Iron Age, remains |