History and Historiography

Flashcards covering key terms and concepts related to history and historiography.

Positivism

A philosophy asserting that real knowledge comes from actual observation of facts.

Positivist History

An approach to history that emphasizes the importance of documents and factual observation to understand the past.

Historiography

The study of history and the methods of historians.

Herodotus

An ancient historian known for recording history as a reference for future generations.

Thucydides

An ancient historian who believed that understanding the past equips future generations.

Medieval Period

A time when history was often seen as a record of divine fulfillment, rather than human actions.

Leopold von Ranke

A leading 19th-century positivist historian known for stating the aim of history is to show how things actually were.

Collective Identity

A sense of belonging to a group that is shaped by shared history and memory.

American Colonization

The depiction of colonization as a civilizing mission during the American expansion.

Social Memory

The collective memory shared by a group of people that shapes their identity and beliefs.

Self-Knowledge through History

Understanding oneself by learning about past actions and options available.

R.G. Collingwood

A British historian known for emphasizing the value of history in teaching us about human capabilities.

historia

history is derived from greek word which means knowledge

2400 years

history as a discipline has existed for around

theology

is concerned with the devine and with not human beings

theoratic history

Early mesopotamian and sumerian civilization did not have notion of history as a record of human activities instead their history was take from

quasi-history

theoratic history historian called this kind of history beacause it concern with non human entities

historiography

it is the history of history, lets student of history have a better and deeper untherstanding of the past