To split pre-history from history I'd basically draw a line between civilization and before. I'd start history at various times, but essentially from the first Mesopotamian city states which also coincide with the first writing. That gives me around 3250BC in Sumer.
Perhaps the first "armies" in any sense too, and maybe the first taxes and dimplomacy we have recorded as well.
Wow, that question is a bkast from the past. I first engaged with history in 1978 while looking for answers to the question of “how could the holocaust happen?” I found that I couldn’t begin to understand unless I delved further into the past, so hello Otto von Bismarch. That only raised more questions and before I knew it I was reading Polybius and Thucidides. (Livy was a plagiarist). My favorite historical author is Will Durant. I learned from him the importance of studying the interrelations of factors like economics, sociology, arts, religion, etc. of different regions in an era. Nothing ever happens in a vacuum. Same can be said about time. Every era is affected by and affects other eras. Wherever one starts on their journey they will always find themselves in the middle.
To split pre-history from history I'd basically draw a line between civilization and before. I'd start history at various times, but essentially from the first Mesopotamian city states which also coincide with the first writing. That gives me around 3250BC in Sumer.
Perhaps the first "armies" in any sense too, and maybe the first taxes and dimplomacy we have recorded as well.
Brethren and Sisterthen (Sithersen? Sisterns?)
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Wow, that question is a bkast from the past. I first engaged with history in 1978 while looking for answers to the question of “how could the holocaust happen?” I found that I couldn’t begin to understand unless I delved further into the past, so hello Otto von Bismarch. That only raised more questions and before I knew it I was reading Polybius and Thucidides. (Livy was a plagiarist). My favorite historical author is Will Durant. I learned from him the importance of studying the interrelations of factors like economics, sociology, arts, religion, etc. of different regions in an era. Nothing ever happens in a vacuum. Same can be said about time. Every era is affected by and affects other eras. Wherever one starts on their journey they will always find themselves in the middle.
This is actually, an important question. I have your answer.
In “discussions” with my ex-wife;
me: “but you just said...”
her: “That was in the past!!”
me: “But, you just now said it.”
her: “Still in the past!!”
Your answer: It depends entirely upon who it benefits.