10 Questions
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 does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?
Narrative
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
Whether it is an end in itself and its usefulness in giving insights into the present
What is the umbrella term 'history' comprised of?
Past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of events
What is history?
The systematic study and documentation of the human past
What is considered prehistory?
The period of events before the invention of writing systems
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
Written documents, oral accounts, art, material artifacts, and ecological markers
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?
A narrative
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
The nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving meaning to the past
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