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2006-11-13 10:25:03 · 7 answers · asked by octo 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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A commonly drawn line between ancient history and 'modern' history is Year 1 Anno Domini.

Anything that happened before then is generally considered to be ancient history.

2006-11-13 10:30:08 · answer #1 · answered by Minmi 6 · 0 0

Ancient history is the study of significant cultural and political events from the beginning of human history until the Early Middle Ages. The goal of the modern day critical ancient historian is objectivity.

The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to ancient history since the beginning of ancient Greek history in about 776 BC. This coincides roughly with the traditional date of the founding of Rome in 753 BC, the beginning of the history of ancient Rome.

Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, currently most Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476 as the end of ancient European history.

The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 – 5,500 years, with Sumerian cuneiform being the oldest form of writing discovered so far. Thus, this is the beginning of history by the definition used by all historians.

2006-11-13 10:28:37 · answer #2 · answered by knowitall 3 · 0 0

Like as a form of expression? Something that's in the past and best forgotten.

Actual history, then just history from long long ago.

2006-11-13 10:42:31 · answer #3 · answered by Indigo 7 · 0 0

The oldest writings that we have are the first 5 books of the Holy Bible, the text was found in Egypt, and were written around 4000 B.C, the Chinese have writings as old as this, the writings were symbolic, papyrus was used until the Chinese came up with paper...

2006-11-13 10:31:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

legends to support & suppress mankind

2006-11-13 10:30:56 · answer #5 · answered by bev 5 · 0 0

yesterday

2006-11-13 10:27:50 · answer #6 · answered by John B 4 · 0 0

event that happends many many many years ago.

2006-11-13 10:26:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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