PRE HISTORIC AGE

Prehistory is the period of human activity between the use of the first stone tools ~3.3 million years ago and the invention of writing systems, the earliest of which appeared ~5300 years ago. Technology that predates recorded history. History is the study of the past using written records; it is also the record itself. Anything prior to the first written accounts of history is prehistoric (meaning "before history"), including earlier technologies. About 2.5 million years before writing was developed, technology began with the earliest hominids who used stone tools, which they may have used to start fires, hunt, cut food, and bury their dead.

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During the pre-historic stage media was mainly based on manual writing with stones or pen and paper. Prehistory is the period of human activity between the use of the first stone tools 3.3 million Anything prior to the first written accounts of history is prehistoric (meaning "before history"), including earlier technologies. About 2.5 million years before writing was developed, technology began with the earliest hominids who used stone tools, which they may have used to start fires, hunt, cut food, and bury their dead. Therefore, compared to our modernized world today, it really was hard to be able to communicate in different manners during this time of many years.

Cave paintings are painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings, mainly of prehistoric origin. These are painted by cavemans as decoration and information storage. The caves where they painted the cave paintings are also their home.

Clay tablets were used as a writing medium especially for writing in cuneiform. Its texts took forms of myths, fables, essays, hymns, proverbs, epic poetry, laws, plants, and animals. They allowed individuals to record who and what was significant. This means of communicating was used for over 3000 years in 15 different languages. *They were important because they did not only serve to write daily events, trade, count sheep, cattle, crops, workforce laborers, but also introduced communication.

Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper used in ancient times as writing surface. It was made from pith of papyrus plant. It was used to designate documents written on its sheets, rolled up to scrolls. These include household and administrative documents, letters, contracts, legal texts, illustrated narratives, and religious texts. Papyri were important during the Prehistoric Era because they regulated the information and communication of the Egyptians from one another.

A Manuscript is any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. These are old writings that are written in paper. Mosty for educational purposes.

is a system of writing It's a form of writing done by the Sumerians. It was developed in Uruk as cultural contributions.

Dibao was a type of publication issued by central and local governments in imperial China. They have been called "palace reports" or "imperial bulletins." Various sources place their first publication as early as Han Dynasty or as late as Tang Dynasty. They contained official announcements and news, and were intended to be seen only by bureaucrats. *Dibao were important because they were used as media for regulation and circulation of government’s official reports and announcements to masses.

A book constructed of a number of sheets of paper, vellum, papyrus, or similar materials.