Protohistory

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A topic known well beyond its field, found in many languages.

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Notion

Domain

History and politics

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What Wikipedia says

Protohistory is the period between prehistory and written history, during which a culture or civilization has not yet developed writing, but other cultures that have developed writing have noted the existence of those pre-literate groups in their own writings.

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