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What is history?
History is the systematic study and documentation of the human past, including past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events.
What does the term 'prehistory' refer to?
The term 'prehistory' refers to the period of events before the invention of writing systems.
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
Historians use historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers to seek knowledge of the past.
What is the nature of history as an academic discipline?
History is an academic discipline which uses a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect.
What do historians debate regarding history?
Historians debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. They also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving.
What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems considered?
Prehistory
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers
What do historians use to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events?
Narrative
What term is used to refer to the knowledge acquired by investigation?
Historía
What does history comprise in terms of past events?
Memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation
प्राचीन ग्रीक से उत्पन्न "इतिहास" का अर्थ है 'जांच; अन्वेषण द्वारा प्राप्त ज्ञान'. यह पुराने घटनाओं का वै
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