"ancient history" meaning in English

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Noun

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Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Historical periods Related terms: bygones, water under the bridge Translations (period of history): ἀρχαιότης (arkhaiótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), 古代歷史 (Chinese Mandarin), 古代历史 (gǔdài lìshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 古代史 (gǔdàishǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 古史 (gǔshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 上古史 (shànggǔshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), oudheid [feminine] (Dutch), klassieke geschiedenis [feminine] (Dutch), vanhan ajan historia (Finnish), antiikin historia (Finnish), Antiquité [feminine] (French), Altertum [neuter] (German), αρχαία ιστορία (archaía istoría) [feminine] (Greek), storia antica [feminine] (Italian), antichità [feminine] (Italian), historia starożytna [feminine] (Polish), Antiguidade [feminine] (Portuguese), исто́рия дре́внего ми́ра (istórija drévnevo míra) [feminine] (Russian), анти́чная исто́рия (antíčnaja istórija) [feminine] (Russian), Antigüedad [feminine] (Spanish), antiken [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ancient_history-en-noun-0~ZwPE1Y Disambiguation of Historical periods: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'period of history': 100 0
  2. (idiomatic) That which happened a long time ago and not worth discussing any more. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Time Translations (not worth discussing any more): 已經過去的事 (Chinese Mandarin), 已经过去的事 (yǐjīng guòqù de shì) (Chinese Mandarin), lang geleden (Dutch), geleden tijd (Dutch), eeuwen geleden (Dutch), mennyt (Finnish), historia (Finnish), histoire ancienne [feminine] (French), schon längst Geschichte [feminine] (German), Schnee von gestern [masculine] (German), acqua passata [feminine] (Italian), stara historia [feminine] (Polish), águas passadas [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), passado [masculine] (Portuguese), ста́рая исто́рия (stáraja istórija) [feminine] (Russian), де́ло про́шлое (délo próšloje) [neuter] (Russian), agua pasada [feminine] (Spanish), länge sedan (Swedish), forna historia (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ancient_history-en-noun-VQ5DBRcy Disambiguation of Time: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'not worth discussing any more': 16 84

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    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "histoire ancienne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "schon längst Geschichte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnee von gestern"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acqua passata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stara historia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "águas passadas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stáraja istórija",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ста́рая исто́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "délo próšloje",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "де́ло про́шлое"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agua pasada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "word": "länge sedan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not worth discussing any more",
      "word": "forna historia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ancient history"
}

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