History: English Vocabulary List

(in medieval times) a young boy serving as an attendant to a knight, beginning training for knighthood

"The knight's young page waited."

"The young page was responsible for carrying the knight's shield and assisting him in battle."

a system of writing using symbols or pictures, originally used by the ancient Egyptians

"The ancient Egyptians wrote using hieroglyphic symbols on stone temple walls."

"Hieroglyphic is a formal writing system using stylized pictures to represent words and sounds"

the lineage or ancestry of a person, tracing their familial relationships and connections through multiple generations

"She traced her family genealogy."

"Genealogy is the systematic study of family lineages and history"

the historical period before the Middle Ages, especially before the sixth century when Greeks and Romans were the most prosperous

"The statue comes from classical antiquity."

"Antiquity refers to the distant historical period before the Middle Ages"