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:''[[Ancient art]], [[Ancient literature]]'' :''[[Ancient art]], [[Ancient literature]]''
:''The times before [[writing]] belong either to [[protohistory]] or to [[prehistory]].'' :''The times before [[writing]] belong either to [[protohistory]] or to [[prehistory]].''
-'''Ancient history''' is the study of the written past from the beginning of human history until the [[Early Middle Ages]]. The goal of the modern day critical ancient historian is objectivity. The term [[classical antiquity]] is often used to refer to ancient history since the beginning of recorded Greek history in about [[776 BC]]. This coincides roughly with the traditional date of the founding of Rome in [[753 BC]], the beginning of the history of [[ancient Rome]].+: ''"Ancient" redirects here. For other uses, see [[Antiquity]]. The times before [[writing]] belong either to [[protohistory]] or to [[prehistory]].''
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 +'''Ancient history''' is the [[history|study of the written past]] from the beginning of [[history of writing|recorded human history]] in the [[Old World]] to the [[Early Middle Ages]] in Europe.
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 +The span of [[recorded history]] is roughly 5,000 years, with [[Cuneiform script]], the oldest discovered form of writing, from the [[protoliterate]] period around the [[30th century BC]]. This is the beginning of ''history'', as opposed to [[prehistory]], according to the definition used by most [[historian]]s.
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 +The term [[classical antiquity]] is often used to refer to ancient history since 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 Greece|Archaic period]] in [[Ancient Greece]]. Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, [[Western culture|Western]] scholars use the [[fall of the Western Roman Empire]] in [[Anno Domini|AD]] 476, the death of the emperor [[Justinian I]], the coming of [[Islam]] or the rise of [[Charlemagne]] as the end of ancient and Classical European history.
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 +In [[India]], the period includes the [[Middle kingdoms of India|period of the Middle Kingdoms]], and in [[China]] the time up to the [[Qin Dynasty]] is included.
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 +==See also==
 +*[[Timeline of ancient history]]
 +* [[Classics]]
 +* [[Digital Classicist]]
 +* [[Historiography]]
 +* [[Human evolution]]
 +* [[Prehistoric man]]
 +* [[Pandurang Vaman Kane]]
-Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, currently most [[Western culture|Western]] scholars use the [[fall of the Western Roman Empire]] in [[Anno Domini|AD]] [[476]], the death of the emperor [[Justinian I]] or the coming of Islam [[632]] as the end of ancient European history. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 – 5,500 years, with [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]] [[Cuneiform script|cuneiform]] being the oldest form of writing discovered so far. This is the beginning of ''history'' by the definition used by all [[historian]]s. 
==See also== ==See also==
* [[Prehistory]] * [[Prehistory]]

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The times before writing belong either to protohistory or to prehistory.
"Ancient" redirects here. For other uses, see Antiquity. The times before writing belong either to protohistory or to prehistory.

Ancient history is the study of the written past from the beginning of recorded human history in the Old World to the Early Middle Ages in Europe.

The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, with Cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of writing, from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC. This is the beginning of history, as opposed to prehistory, according to the definition used by most historians.

The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to ancient history since 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. Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476, the death of the emperor Justinian I, the coming of Islam or the rise of Charlemagne as the end of ancient and Classical European history.

In India, the period includes the period of the Middle Kingdoms, and in China the time up to the Qin Dynasty is included.

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