Question

The age old tradition of recording historical events

Answer 1

Answer:

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 – AD 500 period.

Answer 2

Answer:

Ans.

(i) The tradition of recording historical event can be  

traced back to Sumer civilization in Mesopotamia.  

(ii) Names of Sumerian kings and the stories of  

battles fought by them have been preserved in  

various inscriptions.  

(iii) The earliest of these inscriptions dates back to  

4500 B.C.E. It records a battle fought between two  

kingdoms.  

(iv) It is now displayed at the Louvre museum in  

France.