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1. DEFINITION AND
ETYMOLOGY OF
HISTORY
TOPIC: 1

2. HISTORY
● It has always been known as the study of the
past.
● It has a record of past events, usually with an
interpretation of their cause and an assessment
of their importance.
● It was derived from the Greek word historia
which means “knowledge acquired through
inquiry or investigation.”

3. Why history is
important?

4. Three types of History
● Contemporary history
-The study of recent historical events.
● Counterfactual history
-The study of historical events as they might have
happened in different causal circumstances.
● Cultural history
-The study of culture in the past.

5. What count as
History?

6. On the early part of 20th century
history became an important
academic discipline and historian’s
duty was to write about lives of
important individuals, as well as
events like wars and revolution.

7. Traditional historians back then lived
with a mantra of “no document, no
history.”

8. Leopold Van Ranke
• German historian “no
documents no history”
• The elements of myth in a
historical source should be
reduced.

9. Now the question is, does the
absence of written documents mean
that there’s no history?

10. Thus, this loophole was
recognized by historians who
started using other kinds of
historical sources
● Oral tradition in forms of epics and songs
● Architecture
● Memory

11. History also became more inclusive
and started collaborating with other
disciplines as its auxiliary
disciplines like the ff.
● Archeology
● Linguistic
● Biology and chemistry

12. Thank you

13. Assessment

14. 1. It is the study of the origin words and
the way in which their meanings have
changed throughout history.
2. It has always been known as the study
of the past.
3-5. What are the three types of history?

15. 6. Is a person who studies and writes
about the past and is regarded as an
authority on it.
7. Complete the sentence:
“No document, no______”
8-10. What are the 3 other disciplines that
history collaborated with.