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History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') is the systematic study and documentation of human past. History is an academic discipline which uses a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians debate the nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving perspective on the problems of the present. The period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts or traditional oral histories, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is incomplete and still has debatable mysteries. Stories common to a particular culture, but not supported by external sources (such as the tales surrounding King Arthur), are usually classified as cultural heritage or legends. History differs from myth in that it is supported by verifiable evidence. However, ancient cultural influences have helped create variant interpretations of the nature of history, which have evolved over the centuries and continue to change today. The modern study of history is wide-ranging, and includes the study of specific regions and certain topical or thematic elements of historical investigation. History is taught as a part of primary and secondary education, and the academic study of history is a major discipline in universities. Herodotus, a 5th-century BCE Greek historian, is often considered the "father of history", as one of the first historians in the Western tradition, though he has been criticized as the "father of lies". Along with his contemporary Thucydides, he helped form the foundations for the modern study of past events and societies. Their works continue to be read today, and the gap between the culture-focused Herodotus and the military-focused Thucydides remains a point of contention or approach in modern historical writing. In East Asia a state chronicle, the Spring and Autumn Annals, was reputed to date from as early as 722 BCE, though only 2nd-century BCE texts have survived. The title "father of history" has also been attributed, in their respective societies, to Sima Qian and Ibn Khaldun. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works in the genre history 148
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Le Palais de Darius à Suse
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De bellis Gothorum
Historia de la Nueva Mexico
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Louis Chevalier, Histoire de Bar-sur-Aube
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Un chapitre de l'histoire de Troyes: guerre des Anglais 1429-1435
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Historia de las Indias
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Histoire générale des émigrés pendant la révolution française
Ιστορία της Πόλεως Πατρών
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De omvang van het Haarlemmermeer en de meren waaruit het ontstaan is, op verschillende tijden vóór de droogmaking
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Սիսական
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Sreemoolarajavijayam
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At the Back of the Black Man's Mind
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ఆంధ్రుల చరిత్రము
History of Ukraine-Rus' (Arkas)
Shchit (1915)
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The War with Mexico
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La convención de Rionegro: páginas históricas de Colombia
Algerian Chronicles
Explosion in a Cathedral
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Maragall i la Setmana Tràgica
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Historia de Chile
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Origins of the Fifth Amendment
Kronstadt, 1921
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History of Telugu Language
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The People of Hamilton, Canada West: Family and Class in a Mid-nineteenth-century City
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Història de la Marina Catalana
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A Culture in Conflict: Skilled Workers and Industrial Capitalism in Hamilton, Ontario, 1860-1914
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Muqām al-Amīr Fakhr al-Dīn al-Maʻnī al-Thānī fī al-Gharb
The Greek world, 479-323 BC
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Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West
Les livres à remonter le temps
Les Drakkars
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