Human historical record only goes back ~6,000 years but modern humans have existed for at least ~200,000 years. We don't have historic records of the stone age

Human historical record only goes back ~6,000 years but modern humans have existed for at least ~200,000 years. We don't have historic records of the stone age, but we do have lots of archaeological evidence. And what we have found are Paleolithic stone tools, temporary camps, and some permanent settlements around 12,000 years ago. Nothing close to anything resembling the Roman Empire.