The ordinarily “The Ancient World” means an era ending with the fall of the Western Roman Empire circa 476 CE. All that world was well before computers were a

The ordinarily “The Ancient World” means an era ending with the fall of the Western Roman Empire circa 476 CE. All that world was well before computers were a thing (even the human type were called “scribes,” “clerks” etc.) So of course I read it the same way even though “before computers” was redundant once your comment made me think about it.