History is a means to understand the past and present, in another words it is the study of the human past, with special attention to the written record. Scholars who write about history are called historians.The word history comes from Greek 'historia' . the meaning of the word is "relation of incidents, story".In Middle English, the meaning was "story" in general.
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484 BC – 425 BC) has generally been acclaimed as the "father of history". However, his contemporary Thucydides (460 BC – 400 BC) is credited with having first approached history with a well-developed historical method in his work 'The History of the Peloponnesian War'.
Since historians are observers and participants, the works they produce are written from the perspective of their own time and sometimes with due concern for possible lessons for their own future. In the words of Benedetto Croce, "All history is contemporary history". History is facilitated by the formation of a 'true discourse of past' through the production of narrative and analysis of past events relating to the human race.
The modern discipline of history is dedicated to the institutional production of this discourse.All events that are remembered and preserved in some authentic form, constitute the historical record.The task of historical discourse is to identify the sources which can most usefully contribute to the production of accurate accounts of past.Traditionally, historians have recorded events of the past, either in writing or by passing on an oral tradition, and have attempted to answer historical questions through the study of written documents and oral accounts. For the beginning, historians have also used such sources as monuments, inscriptions, and pictures.
In general, the sources of historical knowledge can be separated into three categories: what is written, what is said, and what is physically preserved, and historians often consult all three. But writing is the marker that separates history from what comes before.
The history of human is a story of perpetual change.History is usually divided into three periods
Ancient, Medieval, and Modern.
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484 BC – 425 BC) has generally been acclaimed as the "father of history". However, his contemporary Thucydides (460 BC – 400 BC) is credited with having first approached history with a well-developed historical method in his work 'The History of the Peloponnesian War'.
Since historians are observers and participants, the works they produce are written from the perspective of their own time and sometimes with due concern for possible lessons for their own future. In the words of Benedetto Croce, "All history is contemporary history". History is facilitated by the formation of a 'true discourse of past' through the production of narrative and analysis of past events relating to the human race.
The modern discipline of history is dedicated to the institutional production of this discourse.All events that are remembered and preserved in some authentic form, constitute the historical record.The task of historical discourse is to identify the sources which can most usefully contribute to the production of accurate accounts of past.Traditionally, historians have recorded events of the past, either in writing or by passing on an oral tradition, and have attempted to answer historical questions through the study of written documents and oral accounts. For the beginning, historians have also used such sources as monuments, inscriptions, and pictures.
In general, the sources of historical knowledge can be separated into three categories: what is written, what is said, and what is physically preserved, and historians often consult all three. But writing is the marker that separates history from what comes before.
The history of human is a story of perpetual change.History is usually divided into three periods
Ancient, Medieval, and Modern.
Ancient History begins with the earliest nations of which we can gain any certain knowledge, and extends to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West.
Medieval History embraces the period about one thousand years in length, lying between the fall of
Rome and the discovery of the New World by Columbus.
Modern History commences with the close of the medieval period and extends to the present time.In the medieval period religion was the strongest bond of union among the people.There was common faith and common obedience to a single spiritual authority.As opposed to this, modern age is the age of religious toleration.While the middle age was the age of faith, the modern age is the age of reason.the renaissance,the new discoveries and inventions and the reformation are the chief forces which bought about the transition from middle age to the modern age.
Medieval History embraces the period about one thousand years in length, lying between the fall of
Rome and the discovery of the New World by Columbus.
Modern History commences with the close of the medieval period and extends to the present time.In the medieval period religion was the strongest bond of union among the people.There was common faith and common obedience to a single spiritual authority.As opposed to this, modern age is the age of religious toleration.While the middle age was the age of faith, the modern age is the age of reason.the renaissance,the new discoveries and inventions and the reformation are the chief forces which bought about the transition from middle age to the modern age.
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