5 Questions
What is the period before the invention of writing systems considered?
Prehistory
What are the sources that historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events?
A narrative
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
Its usefulness and whether it is an end in itself
What do historians debate regarding events and their patterns of cause and effect?
The best narrative to explain an event and the significance of different causes and effects
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