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What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems considered?
What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems considered?
- Prehistory (correct)
- Classical history
- Ancient history
- Protohistory
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Folktales and legends
- Scientific experiments and mathematical models
- Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)
- Social media and internet forums
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?
- Scientific laws
- Religious scriptures
- Narrative (correct)
- Mathematical equations
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
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What is the umbrella term that comprises past events as well as the memory, discovery, and organization of these events?
What is the umbrella term that comprises past events as well as the memory, discovery, and organization of these events?
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