Recorded History
Following the Pre-History period, the period of recorded history produced a more coherent body of work that has passed down to modern times, although history was certainly being recorded long before this time. The development of alphabetised written languages during the preceding Iron Age facilitated this.
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Famous quotes containing the words recorded and/or history:
“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
“There is no history of how bad became better.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)