Linear A etched on tablets found in Akrotiri, Santorini.

Recorded history can be defined as history that has been written down or recorded by the use of language, whereas history is a more general term referring simply to information about the past.^[1] It starts in the 4th millennium BC, with the invention of writing.

References

External links

• Theories concerning early writing
• More on ancient scripts

See also

• Ancient history
• History of writing

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