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Prehistory
(4,000,000–10,000 BC.)

Prehistory is the oldest period of human history and culture. The Earth was affected by major climatic changes of ice and warm cycles. People lived from hunting and led a nomadic way of life. They used very simple and primitive stone tools (scrapers, spikes, drills, graters, cutters, etc.).

The oldest remains in the wider area of the town of Nin originate from the early Palaeolithic era (around 100,000 to 35,000 BC). A settlement from the Early Stone Age or Neolithic period (6,000 – 2,500 BC) was excavated on the southern edge of today’s salt pans. The topographic location of the settlement and the optimal geographic ...

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