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Outline of ancient history


The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient history:

Ancient history – study of recorded human history from the beginning of writing at about 3000 BC until the Early Middle Ages. The times before writing belong either to protohistory or to prehistory. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 – 5,500 years, beginning with Sumerian cuneiform, the oldest form of writing discovered so far. Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, currently most Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD or the coming of Islam in 632 AD as the end of ancient history.

Ancient history can be described as all of the following:

Periods in the Ancient Western world

Ancient African history

Ancient Asia

Ancient Europe

Ancient culture

Ancient architecture

Ancient art

Ancient language

Ancient literature

Ancient philosophy

Ancient religion

Ancient warfare


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