上古是三古之一,是较早的古代,一般上古时代是指文字记载出现前的历史时代,次于远古时代的这一时期,即传说中的五帝时代,具体到考古遗址可以简单归纳为:红山、仰韶文化(文明萌芽)、龙山文化(邦国时代)、陶寺时期(方国时代)。对世界各地上古时代的定义也因此不同,书上一般把从最早国家的出现到公元476年西罗马帝国灭亡这段历史叫上古史,欧洲在这段时期处于奴隶社会,所 Ancient is one of the three ancient times, is the earlier ancient, the ancient times refers to the historical records before the advent of the word, second in the ancient times of this period, the legendary era of the Five Emperors, specific to archaeological sites can be simply summarized as : Hongshan, Yangshao culture (sprout of civilization), Longshan culture (the era of the state), Taosi period (Fangguo era). The definition of ancient times in different parts of the world is therefore different. The book generally refers to the history of the ancient history from the earliest appearance of the country to the demise of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD. Europe was in a slave society during this period