History
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History (from You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation")You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. is the study of the past as it is described in written documents.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Events occurring before written record are considered You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. It is an You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events. Scholars who write about history are called You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
History can also refer to the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. which uses a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. to examine and analyse a sequence of past events, and objectively determine the patterns of cause and effect that determine them.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Historians sometimes debate the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. and its usefulness by discussing the study of the discipline as an end in itself and as a way of providing "perspective" on the problems of the present.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
Stories common to a particular culture, but not supported by external sources (such as the tales surrounding You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.), are usually classified as You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. or You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., because they do not show the "disinterested investigation" required of the discipline of history.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., a 5th-century BC You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. is considered within the Western tradition to be the "father of history", and, along with his contemporary You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., helped form the foundations for the modern study of human history. 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 You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. was known to be compiled from as early as 722 BC although only 2nd-century BC texts survived.
Ancient 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 thematical elements of historical investigation. Often history is taught as part of primary and secondary education, and the academic study of history is a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. in university studies.
Etymology
Description
History and prehistory
Historiography
Philosophy of history
Historical methods
Marxian theory of history
Areas of study
Historians
The judgement of history
Pseudohistory
Teaching history
See also
References
Further reading
External links
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History (from You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation")You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. is the study of the past as it is described in written documents.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Events occurring before written record are considered You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. It is an You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events. Scholars who write about history are called You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
History can also refer to the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. which uses a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. to examine and analyse a sequence of past events, and objectively determine the patterns of cause and effect that determine them.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Historians sometimes debate the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. and its usefulness by discussing the study of the discipline as an end in itself and as a way of providing "perspective" on the problems of the present.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
Stories common to a particular culture, but not supported by external sources (such as the tales surrounding You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.), are usually classified as You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. or You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., because they do not show the "disinterested investigation" required of the discipline of history.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., a 5th-century BC You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. is considered within the Western tradition to be the "father of history", and, along with his contemporary You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., helped form the foundations for the modern study of human history. 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 You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. was known to be compiled from as early as 722 BC although only 2nd-century BC texts survived.
Ancient 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 thematical elements of historical investigation. Often history is taught as part of primary and secondary education, and the academic study of history is a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. in university studies.
Etymology
Description
History and prehistory
Historiography
Philosophy of history
Historical methods
Marxian theory of history
Areas of study
Historians
The judgement of history
Pseudohistory
Teaching history
See also
References
Further reading
External links