Monday 27 August 2012

Class work

Time Terminology:

BC	Before Christ
AD	Anno Domini
BCE	Before Common Era
CE	Common Era
BP	Before Present

Definitions:

• history – The Past. Began 13,7 billion BP until 2012 AD.
• prehistory – The human past before the invention of writing. Began 50 000 years BP until 3 500 years BC.
• History – Academic study of the past, traditionally based upon written records. Began 3 500 years BC until 2012 AD.

The first writing civilization was Sumeria in the Middle East 3 500 BC. The first written records in Sweden come from 300 AD. 

We learnt about Big History

- Filippa