What is ancient history?
Q: What is ancient history?
A: Ancient history is all the events we know about between the invention of writing and the start of the Middle Ages.
Q: When was writing invented?
A: Writing was invented about 3,300 BC, which is over 5000 years ago, in the Middle East.
Q: Who were the first people to use writing?
A: The first people to use writing were the Sumerians and the Ancient Egyptians.
Q: What did people do before writing was invented?
A: Before writing, the only things we have are the tools and monuments made by earlier people.
Q: What field of study looks at the things people made before writing was invented?
A: The things made by earlier people are studied by archaeology rather than history.
Q: When does the period of ancient history end?
A: The period of ancient history ends with the early Middle Ages.
Q: What revolution happened before writing was invented?
A: The Neolithic revolution, in which people settled in small towns and started agriculture, happened before writing was invented.
