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What Is HISTORY

1) History is the study and documentation of past events through written documents, oral accounts, artifacts, and ecological markers. 2) Historians use narrative to examine, question, analyze, and investigate the patterns and relationships of past causes and effects. 3) The modern study of history includes both specific regional studies and thematic elements, and is an important part of primary and secondary education as well as a major field of university study.

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What Is HISTORY

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History (from Ancient Greek: ἱστορία, romanized: historíā, lit.

 ’inquiry; knowledge acquired by


investigation’)[1] is the study and the documentation of the past.[2][3] Events before the invention of
writing systems are considered prehistory. “History” is an umbrella term comprising past events as well
as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events.
Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts,
art and material artifacts, and ecological markers.[4]

Herodotus (c. 484 BC–c. 425 BC), often considered the “father of history” in the Western world

History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze
past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect.[5][6] Historians often debate which
narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians
also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the
problems of the present.[5][7][8][9]

Stories common to a particular culture, but not supported by external sources (such as the tales
surrounding King Arthur), are usually classified as cultural heritage or legends.[10][11] History differs
from myth in that it is supported by verifiable evidence. However, ancient cultural influences have
helped spawn variant interpretations of the nature of history which have evolved over the centuries and
continue to change today. The modern study of history is wide-ranging, and includes the study of
specific regions and the study of certain topical or thematic elements of historical investigation. History
is often taught as a part of primary and secondary education, and the academic study of history is a
major discipline in university studies.

Herodotus, a 5th-century BC Greek historian, is often considered the “father of history” in the Western
tradition,[12] although he has also been criticized as the “father of lies”.[13][14] Along with his
contemporary Thucydides, he helped form the foundations for the modern study of past events and
societies.[15] Their works continue to be read today, and the gap between the culture-focused
Herodotus and the military-focused Thucydides remains a point of contention or approach in modern
historical writing. In East Asia, a state chronicle, the Spring and Autumn Annals, was reputed to date
from as early as 722 BC, although only 2 nd-century BC texts have survived.

-WIKIPEDIA

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