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Ancient history
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Period between prehistory and the medieval era
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Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC โ€“ AD 500, ending with the expansion of...

Instance of
time interval
specialty
Historical period
Subclass of
History
Part of
study of history
Follows
Prehistory
Followed by
Middle Ages
Facet of
History
References
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