"Ancient history as a term refers to the aggregate of past events from the beginning of writing and recorded human history and extending as far as ...
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the post-classical history. The phrase may be used either to refer to the period of time or the academic discipline.
The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with Sumerian Cuneiform script; the oldest discovered form of coherent writing from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC. Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the 3000 BC – 500 AD period.
The broad term "ancient history" is not to be confused with Classical Antiquity. The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to Western History in the Ancient Mediterranean from the beginning of recorded Greek history in 776 BC (First Olympiad). This roughly coincides with the traditional date of the Founding of Rome in 753 BC, the beginning of the history of ancient Rome, and the beginning of the Archaic period in Ancient Greece." - (en.wikipedia.org 27.11.2019)
