History Study: Terms and Concepts

Prehistory

Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers

History is supported by verifiable evidence, while myth is not.

<p>History</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Historians debate the nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving perspective on the problems of the present.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Herodotus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The word history comes from historía (Ancient Greek: ἱστορία, romanized: historíā, lit. 'inquiry, knowledge from inquiry, or judge').</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They helped form the foundations for the modern study of past events and societies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Greek word was borrowed into Classical Latin as historia, then borrowed from Latin into Old English as stær, and finally, as Latin became Old French (and Anglo-Norman), historia developed into forms such as istorie, estoire, and historie.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is wide-ranging and includes the study of specific regions and certain topical or thematic elements of historical investigation.</p> Signup and view all the answers