Journey Through History
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What is history?

The systematic study and documentation of the human past, including past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events.

What is prehistory?

The period of events before the invention of writing systems.

What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?

Historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers.

What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?

<p>A narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do historians debate about when discussing history?

<p>They debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects, and the nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is history?

<p>History is the systematic study and documentation of the human past, including the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of past events.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is prehistory?

<p>Prehistory refers to the period of events before the invention of writing systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?

<p>Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?

<p>History as an academic discipline uses a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do historians debate about when discussing history?

<p>Historians debate the nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving explanations, as well as the significance of different causes and effects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems considered?

<p>The period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?

<p>Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?

<p>History as an academic discipline uses a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do historians debate about when discussing history?

<p>Historians debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Is history complete or incomplete? What does it still have?

<p>History is incomplete and still has debatable mysteries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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