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Wikipedia suggests that the early parts of the Iron Age[0] are considered prehistory[1], and this period ended around 2500 years ago in Persia, and as late as 1
by dbaupp 14y ago
Wikipedia suggests that the early parts of the Iron Age[0] are considered prehistory[1], and this period ended around 2500 years ago in Persia, and as late as 1700 years ago in Europe (earliest on the Mediterranean and latest in Northern Europe).
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Age
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory
- arethuza 14y agoWikipedia also suggests that "History" is related to historical records: "Events of the past prior to written record are considered prehistory." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History That seems a pretty sensible distinction between history and prehistory and the historical records in the UK doesn't go back that far - is there much before Roman times?
- ballooney 14y ago> the historical records in the UK doesn't go back that far - is there much before Roman times? A bit - the Celtic period went from about 600BC to the Roman invasion, for example, and has left us lots of interesting art and metalwork, which is worth visiting if you ever find yourself at the British Museum.
- arethuza 14y agoI really meant the earliest written historical record - which seems to have been made in thge Greek navigator Pytheas in 325BC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pytheas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pytheas Which is a long long time after the earliest remaining buildings - which go back well over 3000 years before Pytheas to about 3700BC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knap_of_Howar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knap_of_Howar