It was just pointed out to us that writing is *by definition* as old as history itself
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@Felthry What about oral history? Also, ancient fiction that looks like it might be history?
@relee No oral history survives in forms that can be reliably called history, rather than legend or myth. Ancient fiction that looks like it might be history falls into the categories of legend or myth as well, based on whether there's corroborating evidence from other sources
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this is because the dividing line between history and prehistory is the invention of writing. it's history if someone wrote about it and no one wrote about anything before writing was invented
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