| rdfs:comment | - Prehistoric is one of the Progression achievements.
- Anything prehistoric pertains, in its most common usage, to prehistory, viewed as the bygone ages of mankind for which we have no written record of past events. Within such a simple definition, prehistoric means "before the invention of writing" and historic means "after the invention of writing", or, more correctly, after the start of recordkeeping.
- Its not surprising, therefore, that the Supreme Chief of the Goths, Metric, has entrusted them with this villainous mission: to capture Getafix, elected best druid by his peers at the annual meeting held in the forest of the Carnutes. Their aim: to snatch the magic potion for the greater glory of the «Visigoths, the Ostrogoths and any other sort of Goths»! They'll do anything to succeed and are afraid of nothing: having smacked about and tied up a couple of Roman legionaries posted on the border, they bundle Getafix unceremoniously into a sack that is most unbecoming of his position as a druid, in order to take him back to Germania. However, when the Romans cross the path of these thugs, all they do is ask whether these «good men» might have seen Asterix and Obelix, who they think are genu
- Prehistory (Latin word præ = before and Greek word στορία = history) is a term often used to describe the period before written history. Paul Tournal originally coined this term Pré-historique in describing the finds he had made in the caves of southern France, and the term was used in French since the 1830s to describe the time before writing, then introduced into English by Daniel Wilson in 1851.
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| abstract | - Its not surprising, therefore, that the Supreme Chief of the Goths, Metric, has entrusted them with this villainous mission: to capture Getafix, elected best druid by his peers at the annual meeting held in the forest of the Carnutes. Their aim: to snatch the magic potion for the greater glory of the «Visigoths, the Ostrogoths and any other sort of Goths»! They'll do anything to succeed and are afraid of nothing: having smacked about and tied up a couple of Roman legionaries posted on the border, they bundle Getafix unceremoniously into a sack that is most unbecoming of his position as a druid, in order to take him back to Germania. However, when the Romans cross the path of these thugs, all they do is ask whether these «good men» might have seen Asterix and Obelix, who they think are genuine barbarians! Confusion reigns: the Gauls are invading Gaul, the Romans are arresting other Romans, while our Gothic quintet knock out a border official who is as Gothic as they are, but who is perhaps a little too fussy about administrative procedures (he wouldn't let them bring «foreign goods», in other words, Getafix, onto German territory!). But Asterix's authors demonstrate that our German cousins from Gaulish times could also be sensitive and appreciate the best things in life, when they weren't busy fighting, that is. Atmospheric proves the point by loudly applauding Cicatrix, the druid, when he presents his own potion, which causes beautiful flowers to grow whatever the season. It's enough to make you want to get married and have lots of little
- Prehistoric is one of the Progression achievements.
- Prehistory (Latin word præ = before and Greek word στορία = history) is a term often used to describe the period before written history. Paul Tournal originally coined this term Pré-historique in describing the finds he had made in the caves of southern France, and the term was used in French since the 1830s to describe the time before writing, then introduced into English by Daniel Wilson in 1851. Prehistory can be said to date back to the beginning of the universe itself, although the term is most often used to describe periods when there was life on Earth; dinosaurs can be described as prehistoric animals and cavemen are described as prehistoric people. Because, by definition, there are no written records from prehistoric times, the information we know about the time period is informed by the fields of palaeontology, astronomy, biology, geology, anthropology, archaeology—and other natural and social sciences. The term became less strictly defined in the 20th century as the boundary between history (interpretation of written and oral records) and other disciplines became less rigid. Indeed today most historians rely on evidence from many areas and do not necessarily restrict themselves to the historical period and written, oral or other symbolically encoded sources of communication; in addition, the term 'history' is increasingly used in place of 'prehistory' (e.g. History of the earth, history of the universe). Nevertheless, the primary scholars of Human prehistory are prehistoric archaeologists and physical anthropologists who use excavation, geographic survey, and scientific analysis to reveal and interpret the nature and behavior of pre-literate and non-literate peoples. Human prehistory differs from history not only in terms of chronology but in the way it deals with the activities of archaeological cultures rather than named nations or individuals. Restricted to material remains rather than written records (and indeed only those remains that have survived), prehistory is anonymous. Because of this, the cultural terms used by prehistorians such as Neanderthal or Iron Age are modern, arbitrary labels, the precise definition of which are often subject to discussion and argument. The date marking the end of prehistory, that is the date when written historical records become a useful academic resource, varies from region to region. In Egypt it is generally accepted that prehistory ended around 3500 BC whereas in New Guinea the end of the prehistoric era is set much more recently, 1900.
- Anything prehistoric pertains, in its most common usage, to prehistory, viewed as the bygone ages of mankind for which we have no written record of past events. Within such a simple definition, prehistoric means "before the invention of writing" and historic means "after the invention of writing", or, more correctly, after the start of recordkeeping.
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