History And Pre History

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as events that occurred before the existence of written records in a given culture or society

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Prehistory

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consists of spoken memories, stories, and songs, and the study of these, as a communicating and discovering information about the past

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Oral history

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is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects

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Archaeology

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remnant, impression, or trace of an animal or plant of a past geologic age that has been preserved in Earth’s crust

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Fossil

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is an ornament, tool, or other objectthat is made by a human being, especially one that is historically or culturally interesting

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Artifact

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marks the beginning widespread life on Earth

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Cambrian period

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Historians and archaeologists can use artifacts from

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Bygone era

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Dinosaurs lived throughout the ___era

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Mesozoic Era

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Simply defined as the history of history

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HISTORIOGRAPHY

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• is a person who specializes in the study of history, and who writes books and articles about it

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Historian

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give historians resources to deal with that are more detailed in some ways than other records, such as archaeological or biological remains

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Written records

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THE FATHER OF HISTORY

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HERODOTUS

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a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains

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Archeologist

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can also be determined by identifying the age of the layer of rock that the artifacts are buried in

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Stratigraphic dating Age

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• measures the amount of radioactive carbon in fossils to place them in time

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Carbon dating

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, the scientific study of language

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Linguistics

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The Egyptians’ developed system of writing is known as

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Hieroglyphic Writing

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The ancient Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians,Assyrians, and Hittites wrote on tablets made fromwater-cleaned clay

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CLAY TABLETS

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Which was used to write on In Olden Times

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THE BARK OF THE BIRCH TREE

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A stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal and used as a durable writing surface in ancient and medieval times

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PARCHMENT

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Writing material of ancient times and also the plant from which it was derived

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PAPYRUS

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Ancient writing script of the Philippines

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BAYBAYIN

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is the study of heredity in general and of genes in particular

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Genetics

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Historian’s most important research tool

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HISTORICAL SOURCES

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Historical Sources can be classified between

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Primary Sources
Secondary Sources

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In order for a source to be used as evidence in history, basic matters about its form and content must be settle

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HISTORICAL CRITICISM

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Is the practice of verifying the authenticity of
evidence by examining its physical characteristics

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External Criticism (form)

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looks at the truthfulness andfactuality of the evidence by looking at the author of the source, its context, the agenda behind creation, the knowledge which informed it, and its intended purpose among others.

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Internal Criticism (content)