5 Questions
What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems called?
Prehistory
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
Written documents, oral accounts, art, and material artifacts
What does the term 'history' encompass?
Past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?
Narrative
What do historians debate about regarding past events and their patterns of cause and effect?
The significance of different causes and effects
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