Practice question · Fill in the blanks
Complete the course’s closing argument.
Every threshold we draw through the past — Paleolithic to Mesolithic, prehistory to history — is a line in our ______, not in the past. The people never ______ it. We drew it ______ them.
Word bank: filing system · crossed · behind · ahead of · archive
Hints
- The closing argument concerns period labels themselves.
- Boundaries reflect our sources rather than their experience.
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Every threshold we draw through the past — Paleolithic to Mesolithic, prehistory to history — is a line in our filing system, not in the past. The people never crossed it. We drew it behind them.
Why
If you keep one sentence from this course, keep this one, and then apply it to every period label anyone ever hands you, including the ones about the present.
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