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No. Was the Egyptian civilization (which lasted for 3000 years until the time of the Romans) prehistoric because we could not read the Egyptian hieroglyphics? D
by irrational 4y ago
No. Was the Egyptian civilization (which lasted for 3000 years until the time of the Romans) prehistoric because we could not read the Egyptian hieroglyphics? Did it only cease to be prehistoric once we deciphered the language?
- ncmncm 4y agoYes, exactly. Before we have written history is prehistory. As we get more history, the boundary of prehistory moves back. So most of the American remnants are prehistoric, despite being coeval with history in the "old world".