What is the earliest day, month, and year most historians believe an event occured in any society on earth? (not counting an astronomical event)
2007-08-11 07:06:59 · 3 answers · asked by Eric J 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I'd go with the very first day of the Chinese calendar. Unlike other calendars, they started with an event, and didn't go three thousand years down the road and then decide to work backwards (for example, the Jewish calendar did this).
It began with Huangdi and this past Feb. 18th was the beginning of year 4704
2007-08-11 07:21:38 · answer #1 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dendro-dating - essentially counting tree rings. Has put an age on some artifacts in the UK to within one year as far back as 5,000BC.
Possibly some Egyption events can go back that far and be even more accurate, but they have to crossed checked against ancient Greek to be sure.
2007-08-11 11:00:02 · answer #2 · answered by Andrew W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recorded history goes back 6,000 years ago. Before that is pre-history or prehistoric.
No documents, no history.
2007-08-11 07:11:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋