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ancient history

ancient history noun: a period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

Noun

ancient history (uncountable)

  1. A period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
  2. (idiomatic) That which happened a long time ago and not worth discussing any more.
    • Who cares if he said those things at the beginning of the year? That's ancient history now.
    • "I want to have a notion how we stand about the bankruptcy." / "Oh, that's ancient history," cried Jim.1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “Cross-questions and Crooked Answers”, in The Wrecker, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 276

ancient history meaning in Tamil

ancient history in Tamil

பழமை

Questions about ancient history

What does ancient history mean?
Ancient history means a period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
What is ancient history in Tamil?
Ancient history in Tamil is பழமை. See Ancient history meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ancient history?
Ancient history is a noun.

Words near ancient history in the dictionary

  1. ancient grain
  2. ancient grains
  3. Ancient Greece
  4. Ancient Greek
  5. Ancient Greeks
  6. ancient history
  7. Ancient Kangleipak
  8. ancient lights
  9. Ancient Macedonian
  10. ancient marineress
  11. ancient marineresses

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