History: The Study of Human Past

Prehistory refers to the period of events before the invention of writing systems. It is significant in the study of history as it encompasses the time before written records and provides insight into the early human past through other sources such as oral accounts, art, material artifacts, and ecological markers.

Historians use historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers to seek knowledge of the past.

History is an academic discipline that uses a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians debate the nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving perspective on the problems of the present.

<p>Ancient cultural influences have helped create variant interpretations of the nature of history, which have evolved over the centuries and continue to change today.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>History differs from myth in that it is supported by verifiable evidence. Myths, on the other hand, are stories common to a particular culture but not supported by external sources.</p> Signup and view all the answers