Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun History of humankind in the period before recorded history.
- noun The circumstances or developments leading up to or surrounding an event or situation; background.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun History prior to recorded history.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
history ofhuman culture prior towritten records .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
Etymologies
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Examples
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This work looked at periods in prehistory when the Sahara region was green – covered with grassland.
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This work looked at periods in prehistory when the Sahara region was green – covered with grassland.
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This work looked at periods in prehistory when the Sahara region was green – covered with grassland.
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A socialistic parable set in prehistory, "The Strength of the Strong" (Hampton's Magazine, March, 1911), was composed in January, 1909, in Tasmania.
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Born and raised amongst the rich geological history of Ontario, Canada, Laura has held a lifelong interest in prehistory and how past peoples adapted to their environments.
Ice Stories Peggy 2008
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Born and raised amongst the rich geological history of Ontario, Canada, Laura has held a lifelong interest in prehistory and how past peoples adapted to their environments.
Archive 2008-07-01 Peggy 2008
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There is a chapter on “Democracy Before America” with a helpful timeline that begins in prehistory with the first two-party system formed by the hunters and the gatherers.
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If you have the slightest interest in prehistory and the development of mankind on a global stage, this is the book for you.
Reader reviews of Guns, Germs & Steel by Jared Diamond. 1997
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"My father was a student of what he called prehistory, but nothing to base it on except artifacts from the ancient ruins on the old civilization and the folk tales of the blacks.
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While shorter, with fewer stories than, say, The Living Dead — this is 20 stories to TLD’s 34 — this is also an assemblage of new stories that follow the walking dead all through the ages, beginning in prehistory and taking us up to the time of Thomas Edison.
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