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List of basic history topics

List of basic history topics

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 Lists of basic topics

The list of basic history topics includes various historical topics and other collected sets of information about the past. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of humans, families, and societies as preserved primarily through written sources. Basic topics in history include:

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[edit] Nature of history

Main article: History

[edit] Studies and fields of history

  • Archaeology - study of past human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data.
  • Archontology - study of historical offices and important positions in state, international, political, religious and other organizations and societies.
  • Art history - the study of changes in and social context of art.
  • Chronology - locating events in time.
  • Cultural history - the study of culture in the past.
  • Economic history - the study of economies in the past.
  • Futurology - study of the future: researches the medium to long-term future of societies and of the physical world.
  • History painting - the painting of works of art having historical motifs or depicting great events.
  • Military history - the study of warfare and wars in history.
  • Natural history - history of the natural world, now usually referred to as science
  • Naval history - the branch of military history devoted to warfare at sea or in bodies of water.
  • Paleography - the study of ancient texts.
  • Political history - the study of past political events, ideas, movements, and leaders.
  • Psychohistory - study of the psychological motivations of historical events.
  • Social history - the study of societies and social trends in the past.

[edit] Record of history

Main articles: News, History, History of Earth, and History of the World

[edit] History by chronology

Main article: List of timelines

[edit] History by region

Main articles: History by region and History of the world

[edit] History by continent and country
Main articles: History by continent and History of present-day nations and states

[edit] Military history by region

[edit] History by field

[edit] Methods and tools

  • Contemporaneous corroboration - A method historians use to establish facts beyond their limited lifespan.
  • Prosopography - A methodological tool for the collection of all known information about individuals within a given period.
  • Historical revisionism - Traditionally been used in a completely neutral sense to describe the work or ideas of a historian who has revised a previously accepted view of a particular topic.
  • Historiography – The study of historical methodology

[edit] Basic history concepts

[edit] Historians

Main articles: Historian and List of historians

[edit] History lists

Main article: List of history topics

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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