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What does the term 'history' encompass?
What do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
How does history differ from myth?
What is considered prehistory?
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What do historians use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?
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What do historians debate about the nature of history?
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Who is often considered the 'father of history' in the Western tradition?
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What is the origin of the word 'history' according to the text?
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Which ancient historian has been criticized as the 'father of lies'?
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What is the modern study of history noted to be by the text?
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In what sense did Aristotle use the word 'history' according to the text?
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What state chronicle is mentioned in the text to date back to around 722 BC?
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Who is considered to have helped form the foundations for the modern study of past events and societies?
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In which language did the word 'history' develop into forms such as istorie, estoire, and historie according to the text?
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When was the word 'history' borrowed from Latin into Old English?
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What was brought into Middle English from Anglo-Norman according to the text?
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