ancient history

/ˌeɪntʃənt ˌhɪstəri/
/ˈeɪntʃɪnt ˈhɪstəri/
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Other forms: ancient histories

Definitions of ancient history
  1. noun
    a history of the ancient world
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    type of:
    account, chronicle, history, story
    a record or narrative description of past events
  2. noun
    knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence
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    type of:
    common knowledge
    anything generally known to everyone
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