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  2. Recorded history - Wikipedia

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    For broader world history, recorded history begins with the accounts of the ancient world around the 4th millennium BCE, and it coincides with the invention of writing. For some geographic regions or cultures, written history is limited to a relatively recent period in human history because of the limited use of written records. Moreover, human ...

  3. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    As megalithic civilizations left no recorded history, little is known of their timekeeping methods. [3] The Warren Field calendar monument is currently considered to be the oldest lunisolar calendar yet found. Mesoamericans modified their usual vigesimal (base-20) counting system when dealing with calendars to produce a 360-day year. [4]

  4. Timeline of ancient history - Wikipedia

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    The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...

  5. Ancient history - Wikipedia

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    Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC – AD 500, ending with the expansion of Islam in late antiquity. [1] The three-age system periodises ancient history into the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, with recorded history generally considered to begin with the Bronze Age. The start and end of ...

  6. Prehistory - Wikipedia

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    Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, [1] is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems.

  7. Milestones: A look back at AOL's 35 year history as an ...

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    While the "marriage" didn't last, it was biggest corporate merger in history at the time. 2006 : America Online drops its old name to officially become AOL and no longer charges for email services.

  8. History of calendars - Wikipedia

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    The Maya new year would start with 1 Pop, followed by 2 Pop, all the way through to 19 Pop, followed by the seating of the month of Uo, written as 0 Uo, then 1 Uo, 2 Uo and so on. These two cycles coincided every 52 years. The 52-year period of time was called a "bundle" and was similar to a modern-day century. [56]

  9. Your turn: History doesn't begin when you want it to or when ...

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    Of course, history also did not start in October with the atrocities committed on innocent men, women and children. History didn’t start in 1967 but that was when Israel gained control of the ...