Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ancient_history

2 senses of ancient history

Sense 1
ancient history -- (a history of the ancient world)
       => history, account, chronicle, story -- (a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead")

Sense 2
ancient history -- (knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence)
       => common knowledge -- (anything generally known to everyone)