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PREHISTORY [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • History (General)
DEF

All that occurred in time before the period of written history, deduced from anthropology, archaeology, geology, paleontology, etc.

Key term(s)
  • pre-history

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire (Généralités)
DEF

Période de l'histoire humaine qui a précédé l'apparition de l'écriture.

OBS

L'Histoire commence avec l'écriture. Les civilisations ne connaissant pas l'écriture mais étant contemporaines des civilisations antiques sont dites, quant à elles, «protohistoriques».

Key term(s)
  • pré-histoire

Spanish

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