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		throwaway27448 45 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Experience as a Rice Farmer History is a bit of a confusing word that way; I suppose I can see it can be used in an informal sense to refer to any timeline outside of just historiography, which does tend to refer to a distinct study from archaeology and anthropology. Noted.

satvikpendem 45 days ago [–]

You used the word correctly don't worry. Seems like the initial replyer meant prehistory.

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