Prehistory and civilization history. Prehistory is a history without historical records, which refers to a long period of history before human records, mainly in archaeological discoveries. From the birth of mankind to the exact historical records, it belongs to this period of history. The history of civilization is recorded by human beings, which is the human history from the development of human civilization to today.

Between prehistory and civilization, there is a stage of myth and legend, which is generally called ancient history. The history of civilization can be roughly divided into ancient history, modern history, modern history and contemporary history. The narrow sense of human history refers to the history since human beings have written records.

Chinese history

The history of China includes ancient history, ancient history, modern history and modern history.

From Pangu to the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and then to the Dynasties of Dynasty, Sui Renshi, Fu Xishi, Shennong (Yan Di) and Huangdi (Xuanyuan); Including from Yuanmou people to Beijingers, they are all myths and legends, and there is no exact historical record.

Ancient history is the history from Xia Dynasty to Opium War, from Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties to Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Modern history is from the Opium War to the founding of New China.

Modern history is the history since the founding of New China.

China's history textbooks divide history into primitive society, slave society, feudal society, semi-colonial and semi-feudal society and socialist society.