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What is prehistory?
What is prehistory?
The period of events before the invention of writing systems.
What are the sources that historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What are the sources that historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
Historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers.
What is the purpose of history as an academic discipline?
What is the purpose of history as an academic discipline?
To use a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect.
What is the nature of history as an end in itself?
What is the nature of history as an end in itself?
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What are some aspects that history comprises?
What are some aspects that history comprises?
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