History

• Ancient history is from 3500 BC to 500 AD
• A historian is a person who uses posts and clues to write about history
• BC stands for 'Before Christ, meaning it was the time before the lord was born
• prehistory is the time before written history
• AD can also be written as CE, which stands for Common Era
• BC can also be written as BCE, which stands for Before Common Era
• Historians have to be careful when using sources because they can be biased or unreliable.
• Anachronism occurs when something is put in the wrong time and place
• A decade is equal to 10 years
• A century is equal to 100 years
• A Millennium is equal to 1000 years
• Archaeology is the study of the past by looking for the remains and artefacts left by the people who lived long ago.
• Archaeologists use remains to understand how people lived
• Dendrochronology is the process of working out how old a tree is by counting its rings.
• It is difficult to find evidence for prehistoric cultures because there are no written records and very few primary sources
• Ancient Greece was originally known as Hellas
• Archaeology is the study of the human past using material remains
• AD stands for "Anno Domino"