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Definitions of History: Meaning of Histor, Definitions

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Meaning of History

Some scholars hold opinion that the word history is derived from the German word ‘Geschichte’ which means an intelligible and important narrative of past event while others mention that history is Greek word, which means enquiry, research, explanation or information.

Greek Word of History
  • The Greeks were the first to define history and Dionysius of Halicarnassus gave us the idea that history is philosophy teaching by examples.
  • Earlier history recorded facts and these facts were taken as raw material by the historians who arranged these in an order. It is noteworthy that prior to the nineteenth century historians dealt with the facts and they were not concerned with philosophy of history. In 1…

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Definitions of History: Defects in Early History, Influence of Renaissance

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Defects in Early History

  • A systematic study of the history started during the nineteenth century. But before the 19th century there were many historians who recorded events. Among them Herodotus, Polybius, Thucydides, Livy, Sallusts, Tacitus, Ibn Khaldoun, Barani, and Machiavelli were eminent.
Defects in Early History
  • Thus before the 19th century there were a number of defects in historical works one of the major defects was lack of critical approach in the scholars. The authors took the material from available resource without verifying their authenti…

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