RPH (Introduction)

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The English word ‘History’ is derived from the Greek noun '_____’ which mean “knowledge acquired through inquiry and investigation.”

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Historia

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"History is not the past . . .History is the distillation of evidence surviving from the past. Where there is no evidence there is no history."

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Oscar Handlin

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refers to the writing of history based on the critical examination of sources and the selection of particulars from the authentic materials.

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Historiography

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Elements of History

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Historian/ Author
Place
Period
Sources

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the person writing/ documenting the events/ history.

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Historian/ Author

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refers to the context of the time when the history was written.

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Period

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Defined as objects that have been left in the past and that exist either as relic or as testimonies of witnesses to the past.

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Sources

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is nourished by a sense of history.

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Nationalism

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prepared by an individual who was a participant in, or a direct witness

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Primary Source

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a document prepared by an individual who was not a direct witness

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Secondary Source