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What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems called?
What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems called?
- Historiography
- Prehistory (correct)
- Protohistory
- Ancient history
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Social media and internet blogs
- Scientific experiments and observations
- Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)
- Mathematical equations and formulas
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?
- Logical reasoning
- Intuition
- Narrative (correct)
- Scientific method
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
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What do historians seek to explain when debating different narratives of events?
What do historians seek to explain when debating different narratives of events?
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What is considered the period before the invention of writing systems?
What is considered the period before the invention of writing systems?
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What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
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What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?
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What do historians debate regarding past events?
What do historians debate regarding past events?
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What is the nature of history as an academic discipline?
What is the nature of history as an academic discipline?
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