Did ancient societies have any concept of a stone age? What is the earliest known example of humans accurately defining an era of history before the emergence of kingdoms, cities, advanced tools, etc.?

by Opie67
gynnis-scholasticus

You might be interested in some earlier threads about how ancient societies imagined previous ages, like this one by u/LegalAction and others, u/KiwiHellenist's answers about Greek beliefs in Bronze Ages (here, here, and here), this old thread by u/agentdcf and most especially this by u/Antiquarianism