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Prehistory

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Noun

1. prehistoric culture, prehistory

the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Prehistory

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noun plural -ries
1. 
the prehistoric period
2. 
the study of this period, relying entirely on archaeological evidence

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Prehistory

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noun
1. 
history before recorded history, as learned from archaeology, etc.
2. 
the background of incidents, etc. leading to an event, crisis, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Prehistory

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n. pl. pre·his·to·ries
1. History of humankind in the period before recorded history.
2. The circumstances or developments leading up to or surrounding an event or situation; background: "[He] then told me the curious prehistory of his obsessive interest in the seduction theory" (Janet Malcolm).

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