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Kalenjin prehistory refers to the history of the linguistic ancestors of the Kalenjin people prior to the adoption of writing, this being from the time when they separated from the Highland Nilotes (estimated to correspond to the late 1st millennium AD) and before, until the mid-19th century. The Kalenjin like a number of African and other world cultures had an oral tradition. The efficacy of the tradition is highlighted by confirmation of narratives spanning thousands of years using contemporary studies such as linguistics and archaeology though the details in the narratives have often been distilled to the bare essential. The terms "ancient history", "early history" and "pre-colonial history" are also used by different sources to describe this same period of Kalenjin history. ==Origins== Main Article: ''Nilotic peoples'' Linguistic evidence points to the eastern Middle Nile Basin south of the Abbai River, as the ancient homelands of the Kalenjin. That is to say south-east of present day Khartoum. They were not a distinct group of people at this time but part of a wider society today referred to as Nilotic peoples.〔Ehret, Christopher. An African Classical Age: Eastern & Southern Africa in World History 1000 B.C. to A.D.400. University of Virginia, 1998, p.7〕 The Nilotic point of unity is thought to have occurred sometime between 3000 and 2000 B.C. though the form that this unity took and much of their way of life at this time still remains unclear. Beginning in the second millennium B.C., particular Nilotic communities began to move southward into present day South Sudan where most settled. However the societies today referred to as the Southern Nilotes pushed further on, reaching what is present day north-eastern Uganda by 1000 B.C.〔 The most northern area that is recognized as inhabited by these early Kalenjin lies in the present day Jie and Dodoth country in Uganda.〔De Vries, Kim. Identity Strategies of the Argo-pastoral Pokot: Analyzing ethnicity and clanship within a spatial framework. Universiteit Van Amsterdam, 20007 p. 39〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kalenjin prehistory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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