HISTORY, ITS MEANING, AND IMPORTANCE AND RELEVANCE

Question 1

the account of the past of a person or of a group of people through written documents and historical evidences

Answer 1

historia (latin)

Question 2

comes from the Greek word “historia” which means “inquiry or investigation”. It is a discipline existed for around 2,400 years and its as old as mathematics and philosophy

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history

Question 3

is a systematic account of a set of natural phenomena which are arranged in their chronological order

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history according to Aristotle

Question 4

a learning inquiry about the past of mankind

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history according to Thucydides and Herodatus

Question 5

never ending dialogue of events between the past and the present

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history according to E.H Carr

Question 6

is a narrative of events of what civilized men have though and done in the past

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history according to Durant

Question 7

the object is the study of the past, the events that happened in the past and the causes of such events

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history

Question 8

• This are sources produced at the same time as the
  event, period or subject being studied . This are
  direct firsthand evidence regarding an object,
  person or work of art.
• They include historical and legal documents,
  eyewitness, accounts, results, experiments,
  statistical data, pieces of creative writing, audio,
  video recordings ,speeches and art objects. They
  also include interviews, surveys, fieldwork and
  internet communications via email, blogs and
  newsgroups. In the most natural and social
  sciences, primary sources are often empirical
  studies- research where experiment was
  performed or a direct observation

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Primary Sources

Question 9

These are sources which were produced by an author
who used “primary sources” to produce the material.
In other words , secondary sources are historical
sources which studied a certain historical subjects.
Describes ,discuss, interpret ,comment upon, analyze ,
evaluate, summarize and process primary resources.

Answer 9

secondary sources

Question 10

• is the examination of the truthfulness of the
  evidence.
• s looks at the truthfulness and
  factuality of the evidence by looking at the author of the source; its context; the agenda behind its creation; the knowledge which informed it; its intended purpose among others
• looks within the data itself to try to determine the truth- facts and
  “reasonable ” interpretation.

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Internal Criticism

Question 11

• Is the practice of verifying the
  authenticity of evidence by examining its physical characteristics; consistency with the historical characteristic of the time when it was produced; and the
  materials and evidence used .
• It applies science to a document
• It involves such physical and technical
  test as dating paper a document is written on, but it also involves knowledge of when certain things existed or where possible

Answer 11

External