Time & the science of history
The invention that separates the end of prehistory and the beginning of history, and the year of this.
Writing. Around 3250 BCE
Prehistory began around this many years ago.
4.4 millions years ago
Sources that prehistorians use to find about this period
Human and material remains (bones, tools, ceramics etc)
This era begins with the birth of Christ.
Christian Era
Definition of archaeology
The science of studying the human past
The four ages that make up history after prehistory. Name them in chronological order
Ancient, Middle, Modern, Contemporary
Where the ages within prehistory (The Copper Age, Bornze Age etc) get there name from
From the main material used by humans to make their tools
The process used find remains buried underground which involves removing layers of soil
Archeological excavations
This era begins in 622 CE, the year of the Hijra.
Muslim era
Meaning of Neolithic and Microlithic
New stone and small stone
The three ages between 4500 - 1000 BCE
Copper, Bronze and Iron Ages.
The two periods of the Stone Age and their approximate dates.
Palaeolithic (4.4 million years – 10,000 BCE) and Neolithic (10,000 – 4,500 BCE)
Archeologists use a wide range of tools. Name one tool and its use
A trowel, calibrator, sieve
The era that begins in 776 BCE and the reason for this
Greek era. First Olympic Games
The year of the falling of the Western Roman Empire
476 C.E
The two periods that the Stone Age is divided into and their years
The Palaeolithic (4.4 million years - 10000 BCE) and the Neolithic (10000 - 4500 BCE).
(FILL IN THE BLANK) Prehistory covers the period of time between the emergence of the first ....... and the invention of writing.
Hominids
Name three specialists who study archeological remains
Palaeontologists, anthropologists, prehistorians and archeologists.
Greek people measured time in four-year periods called this.
Olympiads
An event that happened in 1789 which separates the Modern Age from the Contemporary Age
The French Revolution