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| is the recorded events of people. |
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| a scientist who examines old objects. |
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| the period of time before people began writing |
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| Stories passed on by word of mouth |
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| a person who examines written records. |
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| To learn about life in prehistoric times, scientists use objects such as |
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| If scientists find only large spear points in a prehistoric camp, they know that the people who lived there |
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| About 5,000 years ago, history began when people developed |
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| use oral traditions to learn what people in a society consider important. |
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| Egyptian civilization developed on the banks of the Nile because |
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the river flooded each year,
depositing rich soil on its banks. |
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