What is History?
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The tale of how many different nations, from all across the world, gained their independence from Great Britain.
This country used to be part of Britain, but it's independent now.
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1)A helpful course, usually taught in
2) What you must frequently erase to hide your
Dude! I can't believe you asked if Stalin was still alive in history class! He's been dead hundreds of years!
Screw having to clean my history, I'm using kazaa for my downloading needs.
3.
The events of the past, filtered through the minds of the present.
That one drunken night is history.
4.
Events that occured in the past.
World War One is history.
5.
What repeats itself over and over and over again.
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The study of the past. 'History' is often used to mean 'historical knowledge' when in reality 'history' is the process of researching the past using the available evidence, cross referencing and establishing 'historical knowledge'.
Historians argue about whose interpretation is most valid. These debates often last decades and are only resolved when either one side's research is shown to be of poor quality, or when new evidence comes to light proving one interpretation more valid.
Postmodernists argue that history is rubbish because they reckon that it impossible to understand al the motivations of the creator of the surce material which 'history' uses to forge historical knowledge. They're wrong.
History: Hey, guys, i went though the archives and cross reference the kings accounts with his requests for money from Parliament.
Hitorical Knowledge: Hitler intended for WW2 to start, but not in 1939. His foriegn policy was ideologically driven.
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the past
"school is history"
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