History: The Study of Human Past

Prehistory

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

Narrative

<p>History is supported by verifiable evidence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cultural heritage or legends</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>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 study of specific regions and certain topical or thematic elements of historical investigation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The word history comes from historía, which means 'inquiry, knowledge from inquiry, or judge'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nature of history has variant interpretations and has evolved over the centuries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aristotle used the word in the sense of 'inquiry' in his History of Animals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Investigation, inquiry, research, account, description, written account of past events, writing of history, historical narrative, recorded knowledge of past events, story, narrative.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is a state chronicle reputed to date from as early as 722 BC.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The word 'history' has evolved from its ancient Greek and Latin origins to take on various meanings such as 'account of events as relevant to a group of people or people in general', 'dramatic or pictorial representation of historical events', and 'narrative of real or imaginary events'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Written documents = Primary source for recorded events Oral accounts = Transmission of knowledge through storytelling Art and material artifacts = Physical evidence of past cultures Ecological markers = Environmental indicators of past conditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>History = Supported by verifiable evidence Myth = Not supported by external sources Cultural heritage = Common stories within a culture Legends = Common stories without external support</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of events = Comprising the umbrella term 'history' Narrative = Used to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events Debate on different causes and effects of events = Seeking the best explanation for an event Usefulness in giving perspective on present problems = Debated nature as an end in itself</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prehistory = Period before writing systems Historians = Seekers of knowledge about the past Academic discipline = Utilizes narrative to analyze past events Cultural heritage or legends = Stories without external support</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>historía = Inquiry, knowledge from inquiry, or judge ἵστωρ = Judge or witness historia = Investigation, inquiry, research, account, description, written account of past events stær = History, narrative, story</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Herodotus = Considered the 'father of history' Thucydides = Military-focused historian Aristotle = Used the word 'history' in his work Spring and Autumn Annals = Reputed to date from as early as 722 BC in East Asia</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>istorie, estoire, historie = Forms of historia with new developments in meaning history into Middle English = Persisted from Anglo-Norman Old English as stær = Word for history that fell out of use in late Old English period Latin into Old French (and Anglo-Norman) = Development of historia into forms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>account of the events of a person's life (beginning of the 12th century) = Istorie chronicle, account of events as relevant to a group of people or people in general (1155) = Estoire dramatic or pictorial representation of historical events (c. 1240) = Historie narrative of real or imaginary events, story (c. 1462) = History</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>historía = Borrowed from Ancient Greek into Classical Latin historia = Borrowed from Latin into Old English as stær history = Brought into Middle English from Anglo-Norman ἵστωρ = Attested early on in Homeric Hymns and in Boeotic inscriptions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Herodotus and Thucydides = Helped form the foundations for the modern study of past events and societies Spring and Autumn Annals = Reputed to date from as early as 722 BC in East Asia, only surviving texts from 2nd-century BC Ancient Greek ἱστορία = 'Inquiry, knowledge from inquiry, or judge' - Aristotle used it in his work Latin historia = 'Investigation, inquiry, research, account, description, written account of past events' - evolved into various forms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Old English stær = 'History, narrative, story' but fell out of use in late Old English period Latin historia into Old French and Anglo-Norman = 'Account of the events of a person's life' and other new developments in meaning Anglo-Norman history into Middle English = 'Investigation, inquiry, research, account, description' persisted through time Greek ἵστωρ in Homeric Hymns and Boeotic inscriptions = 'Judge' or 'witness' - attested early on</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>historía = Borrowed from Ancient Greek into Classical Latin as historia historia = Borrowed from Latin (possibly via Old Irish or Old Welsh) into Old English as stær history = 'Investigation, inquiry, research, account' borrowed from Latin into Old French and Anglo-Norman ἵστωρ = 'Judge' or 'witness' - borrowed into Classical Latin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Herodotus and Thucydides = Often considered significant figures in forming modern study of past events and societies Spring and Autumn Annals = Reputed to date from as early as 722 BC in East Asia, surviving texts from 2nd-century BC</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>istorie, estoire, historie = 'Chronicle', 'dramatic representation', 'narrative of real or imaginary events' - evolved forms of historia history into Middle English = 'Investigation', 'inquiry', 'research', 'account', 'description' - persisted through time</p> Signup and view all the answers