What is History? 1.1

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The study of human culture and how it develops over time

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Anthropology

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What does an archaeologist do?

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digs in earth for places where people once lived, often discover artifacts, study artifacts to learn what life was like in the past

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A.D.

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anno domini

"in the year of our Lord"

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B.C.

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Before Christ

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Gregorian Calendar

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Pope Gregory Xlll created this calendar, he started counting from the birth of Jesus, most of the world uses this calendar today, had a leap year

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timeline

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shows the order of events within a period of time

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calendar

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system for arranging days in order

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historian

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people who study history

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fossils

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the remains of plant and animal life that have been preserved from an earlier time

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decade

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a group of ten years