Recorded history, sometimes referred to as written history, is a concept describing the availability of a written record or some other form of documented communication that can be used to support a specific historical narrative. For some regions of the world, written history is limited to a relatively recent period in human history whereas the earliest written history starts around the 4th millennium BC with the invention of writing. Thus recorded history in different contexts may refer to different periods of time depending on what is being recorded.
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