Question

What is the.differnce.between history and prehistory?

Answer 1

Prehistory is the time before the invention of writing systems; it began with the use ofthe first stone tools, which if I recall, were used roughly three million years ago - don’t quote me on that though.Our earliest example of a writing system came from 5300 years ago, so that’s when history first began. We have writings on limestonetablets from Sumer, as well as scripts of Easter Island and the Indus Valley Civilisation.

Answer 2

Scholars define prehistory as events that occurred before the existence of written records in a given culture or society. History refers to the time period after the invention of written records in a given culture or society.