The use of written language
The ability to convey events. Prehistory refers to time before writing and history refers to time after writing.
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History is the period when man learnt to write and prehistory is the period when man could not write.
Pre-history is a not-so-accurate way of saying "before recorded history".
If the event happened before anybody wrote about it, it is pre-historic.
History comes from an era of writing. Prerhistory from when there was no written record.
it is because prehistory was written in a different way
In the most general terms, prehistory differs from history inasmuch as it is that period of time that has occurred before periods in which human ideas and events have been recorded, particularly through writing. In other words, 'history' refers to times or events that have been preserved through records of some kind, while 'prehistory' refers to what came before such records.
Pre history is something that hasn't happened yet and you will have to wait for it.
Pre-history, or pre-historic (Obviously!)
Before history was written down people passed down their history by telling stories.