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Timeline from the article “History” in the second edition (1780) of Encyclopædia Britannica

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Written by J.E. Luebering

Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated: Dec 1, 2024 • Article History

Key People:: Karl Marx; David Hume; Niccolò Machiavelli; Thucydides; Xenophon

Related Topics:: history of Europe; ancient Rome; ancient Greek civilization; pre-Columbian civilizations; history of Mesopotamia

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history, discipline that studies the chronological record of events, usually attempting, on the basis of a critical examination of source materials, to explain events. For the principal treatment of the writing of history, and the scholarly research associated with it, see historiography. There are many branches of the study of history, among them world history, intellectual history, social history, economic history, and art history. The term philosophy of history refers to the study of how history as a discipline is practiced and how historians understand and explain the past. History, as a discipline, is traditionally centred on peoples, cultures, countries, ...(100 of 176 words)

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