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Historia
greek word of history, meaninv learning through inquiry
Aristotle
viewed history as systematic account of natural phenomena, considering the chronological arrangement of events.
knowledge is obtained by conducting scientific investigations into past events
Aristotle's perspective emphasized that
Factual History
focuses on presenting basic straightforward information to the reader. answering questions who what when where of historical events.
Speculative History
goes beyond near fox and explores the how and why of events. into the causes and effects that led to changes in sixth explained underlying reasons behind historical developments
Historians
those who document history.
their goal is to gain inside into the present by studying what occurred in the past.
History
involves the examination of past events.
significant aspect of historical writing
ability to provide significance and relevance to a particular groups understanding of their own past
historiography
practice of documenting history
-Traditionally involves gathering documents from various libraries and archives to accumulate the necessary evidence for creating a descriptive or analytical narrative.
-Modern, process extends beyond document examination and incorporates research methods from related fields like archaeology and geography.
incompleteness of historical records
a challenge to our knowledge of history.
many human affairs throughout history have left no tangible evidence or records behind
archaeological and anthropological discoveries
can provide valuable insights into the past but they do represent only fragments of the whole historical picture
history-as-actuality
a fraction of the complete historical narrative
history-as-record
through the surviving your course
from historians perspective
history in compasses only the portion of the human past that can be meaningfully peace together using the existing records and influences John about historical context in which they originated
verisimilitude
historians goal; they want to grasp a bus time in a way that is accurate real and believable
historical technique
involves carefully examining and analyzing historical documents and artifacts
historiography or the writing of history
sometimes referred to as historical method
-is the creative reconstruction of the past based on the information gathered through this method.
historical analysis
available component of the historical method
key steps of the vital component of the historical method
choosing a subject for investigation
God potential sources of information related to the subject
strategizing the dentist of the sources either in their entirety or in part
extracting reliable and noteworthy details from the sources or their components
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