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			'''[[History]]''' (from [[Greek language\|Greek]] {{lang\|el\|''ἱστορία''}} - ''historia'', meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation"<ref name=JosephJanda/>) is the study of the human [[past]]. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called [[historian]]s. It is a field of research which uses a [[narrative]] to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate [[objectivity (science)\|objectively]] the patterns of [[Causality\|cause and effect]] that determine events.<ref name="evans1">{{cite web \|url= http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Whatishistory/evans10.html\|title= The Two Faces of E.H. Carr \|accessdate=10 November 2008 \|author= Profesor Richard J. Evans \|year= 2001 \|work= History in Focus, Issue 2: What is History? \|publisher= University of London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Whatishistory/munslow6.html \|title= What History Is \|accessdate=10 November 2008 \|author= Professor Alun Munslow \|year= 2001 \|work= History in Focus, Issue 2: What is History? \|publisher= University of London}}</ref> Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness. This includes discussing the study of the discipline as an end in itself and as a way of providing "perspective" on the problems of the present.<ref name="evans1"/><ref name=Tosh1>{{cite book \|title=The Pursuit of History\|last=Tosh\|first=John \| publication-date=2006\|publisher=Pearson Education Limited \|isbn=1-4058-2351-8 \| edition=4th}}p 52</ref><ref>{{cite book \|title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives \|editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) \|chapter= Introduction \|year= 2000 \|publisher= New York University Press \|location= New York & London \|isbn= 0-8147-8141-1\|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives \|last= Nash l\|first= Gary B. \|editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) \|chapter= The "Convergence" Paradigm in Studying Early American History in Schools \|year= 2000 \|publisher= New York University Press \|location= New York & London \|isbn= 0-8147-8141-1\|pages=102–115}}</ref> The stories common to a particular culture, but not supported by external sources (such as the legends surrounding [[King Arthur]]) are usually classified as [[cultural heritage]] rather than the "disinterested investigation" needed by the discipline of history.<ref>{{cite book \|title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives \|last= Seixas \|first= Peter \|editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) \|chapter= Schweigen! die Kinder! \|year= 2000 \|publisher= New York University Press \|location= New York & London \|isbn= 0-8147-8141-1\|page=24}}</ref><ref name="Low1">{{cite book \|title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives \|last= Lowenthal \|first= David \|editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) \|chapter= Dilemmas and Delights of Learning History \|year= 2000 \|publisher= New York University Press \|location= New York & London \|isbn= 0-8147-8141-1\|page=63}}</ref> Events of the past prior to written record are considered [[prehistory]].
	'''History''' (from [[Greek language\|Greek]] {{lang\|el\|''ἱστορία''}} - ''historia'', meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation"<ref name=JosephJanda/>) is the study of the human [[past]]. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called [[historian]]s. It is a field of research which uses a [[narrative]] to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate [[objectivity (science)\|objectively]] the patterns of [[Causality\|cause and effect]] that determine events.<ref name="evans1">{{cite web \|url= http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Whatishistory/evans10.html\|title= The Two Faces of E.H. Carr \|accessdate=10 November 2008 \|author= Profesor Richard J. Evans \|year= 2001 \|work= History in Focus, Issue 2: What is History? \|publisher= University of London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Whatishistory/munslow6.html \|title= What History Is \|accessdate=10 November 2008 \|author= Professor Alun Munslow \|year= 2001 \|work= History in Focus, Issue 2: What is History? \|publisher= University of London}}</ref> Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness. This includes discussing the study of the discipline as an end in itself and as a way of providing "perspective" on the problems of the present.<ref name="evans1"/><ref name=Tosh1>{{cite book \|title=The Pursuit of History\|last=Tosh\|first=John \| publication-date=2006\|publisher=Pearson Education Limited \|isbn=1-4058-2351-8 \| edition=4th}}p 52</ref><ref>{{cite book \|title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives \|editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) \|chapter= Introduction \|year= 2000 \|publisher= New York University Press \|location= New York & London \|isbn= 0-8147-8141-1\|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives \|last= Nash l\|first= Gary B. \|editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) \|chapter= The "Convergence" Paradigm in Studying Early American History in Schools \|year= 2000 \|publisher= New York University Press \|location= New York & London \|isbn= 0-8147-8141-1\|pages=102–115}}</ref> The stories common to a particular culture, but not supported by external sources (such as the legends surrounding [[King Arthur]]) are usually classified as [[cultural heritage]] rather than the "disinterested investigation" needed by the discipline of history.<ref>{{cite book \|title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives \|last= Seixas \|first= Peter \|editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) \|chapter= Schweigen! die Kinder! \|year= 2000 \|publisher= New York University Press \|location= New York & London \|isbn= 0-8147-8141-1\|page=24}}</ref><ref name="Low1">{{cite book \|title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives \|last= Lowenthal \|first= David \|editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) \|chapter= Dilemmas and Delights of Learning History \|year= 2000 \|publisher= New York University Press \|location= New York & London \|isbn= 0-8147-8141-1\|page=63}}</ref> Events of the past prior to written record are considered [[prehistory]].

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'''History''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|el|''ἱστορία''}} - ''historia'', meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation"<ref name=JosephJanda/>) is the study of the human [[past]]. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called [[historian]]s. It is a field of research which uses a [[narrative]] to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate [[objectivity (science)|objectively]] the patterns of [[Causality|cause and effect]] that determine events.<ref name="evans1">{{cite web |url= http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Whatishistory/evans10.html|title= The Two Faces of E.H. Carr |accessdate=10 November 2008 |author= Profesor Richard J. Evans |year= 2001 |work= History in Focus, Issue 2: What is History? |publisher= University of London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Whatishistory/munslow6.html |title= What History Is |accessdate=10 November 2008 |author= Professor Alun Munslow |year= 2001 |work= History in Focus, Issue 2: What is History? |publisher= University of London}}</ref> Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness. This includes discussing the study of the discipline as an end in itself and as a way of providing "perspective" on the problems of the present.<ref name="evans1"/><ref name=Tosh1>{{cite book |title=The Pursuit of History|last=Tosh|first=John | publication-date=2006|publisher=Pearson Education Limited |isbn=1-4058-2351-8 | edition=4th}}p 52</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives |editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) |chapter= Introduction |year= 2000 |publisher= New York University Press |location= New York & London |isbn= 0-8147-8141-1|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives |last= Nash l|first= Gary B. |editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) |chapter= The "Convergence" Paradigm in Studying Early American History in Schools |year= 2000 |publisher= New York University Press |location= New York & London |isbn= 0-8147-8141-1|pages=102–115}}</ref> The stories common to a particular culture, but not supported by external sources (such as the legends surrounding [[King Arthur]]) are usually classified as [[cultural heritage]] rather than the "disinterested investigation" needed by the discipline of history.<ref>{{cite book |title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives |last= Seixas |first= Peter |editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) |chapter= Schweigen! die Kinder! |year= 2000 |publisher= New York University Press |location= New York & London |isbn= 0-8147-8141-1|page=24}}</ref><ref name="Low1">{{cite book |title= Knowing Teaching and Learning History, National and International Perspectives |last= Lowenthal |first= David |editor= Peter N. Stearns, Peters Seixas, Sam Wineburg (eds.) |chapter= Dilemmas and Delights of Learning History |year= 2000 |publisher= New York University Press |location= New York & London |isbn= 0-8147-8141-1|page=63}}</ref> Events of the past prior to written record are considered [[prehistory]].

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