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'''History''' is the [[study]] of past events. People know what happened in the past by looking at [[wikt:thing|things]] ''from'' the past including sources (like [[book]]s, [[newspaper]]s, and [[letter]]s) and [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] (like [[pottery]], [[tool]]s, and human or animal remains.) [[Library|Libraries]], [[archive]]s, and [[museum]]s collect and keep these things for people to study history. A person who studies history is called a [[historian]]. A person who studies [[pre-history]] and history through things left behind by ancient cultures is called an [[archaeologist]]. A person who studies [[human race|mankind]] and [[society]] is called an [[anthropologist]]. The study of the sources and methods ''used to study and write'' history is called [[historiography]].

'''History''' is the [[study]] of past events. People know what happened in the past by looking at [[wikt:thing|things]] ''from'' the past including sources (like [[book]]s, [[newspaper]]s, and [[letter]]s) and [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] (like [[pottery]], [[tool]]s, and human or animal remains.) [[Library|Libraries]], [[archive]]s, and [[museum]]s collect and keep these things for people to study history. A person who studies history is called a [[historian]]. A person who studies [[pre-history]] and history through things left behind by ancient cultures is called an [[archaeologist]]. A person who studies [[human race|mankind]] and [[society]] is called an [[anthropologist]]. The study of the sources and methods ''used to study and write'' history is called [[historiography]].

People can learn about the past by talking to people who remember things that happened in the past. This is called [[oral history]]. When people who had been [[slavery|slaves]] and [[American Civil War]] [[survivor]]s got old, some historians recorded everything that they said, so that history would not be lost.  

People can learn about the past by talking to people who remember things that happened at some point in the past. This is called [[oral history]]. For example, when people who had been [[slavery|slaves]] and [[American Civil War]] [[survivor]]s got old, some historians recorded them talking about their lives, so that history would not be lost.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About this Collection {{!}} Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 {{!}} Digital Collections {{!}} Library of Congress|url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/|access-date=2020-10-24|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>

In old times people in different parts of the world kept separate histories because they did not meet each other very often. Some groups of people never met each other. [[Medieval]] [[Europe]], [[Ancient Rome]] and [[Ancient China]] each thought that they ruled the only important parts of the world and that other parts were "[[barbarian]]".

In old times people in different parts of the world kept separate histories because they did not meet each other very often. Some groups of people never met each other. The rulers of [[Medieval]] [[Europe]], [[Ancient Rome]] and [[Ancient China]] each thought that they ruled the only important parts of the world and that other parts were "[[barbarian]]". But they were still connected, even if they didn't realize it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Silk Ties: The Links Between Ancient Rome & China {{!}} History Today|url=https://www.historytoday.com/archive/silk-ties-links-between-ancient-rome-china|access-date=2020-10-24|website=www.historytoday.com}}</ref>

== Timeline of history ==

== Timeline of history ==

** [[Ancient China]] and [[Japan]], [[Korea]], [[Mongolia]]

** [[Ancient China]] and [[Japan]], [[Korea]], [[Mongolia]]

** [[Ancient Southeast Asia]] - [[Cambodia]] - [[Thailand]] - [[Indonesia]]

** [[Ancient Southeast Asia]] - [[Cambodia]] - [[Thailand]] - [[Indonesia]]

** [[Ancient North America]] - [[Iroquois]], [[Mohawk]], [[Huron]], [[Haida]], [[Lenape]], [[Mohican]], [[Cree]], [[Sioux]], [[Inuit]], [[Dene]]

** [[Ancient North America]] - [[Iroquois]], [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]], [[Wyandot people|Huron]], [[Haida people|Haida]], [[Lenape]], [[Mohican]], [[Cree]], [[Sioux]], [[Inuit]], [[Dene]]

** [[Ancient Central America]] - [[Aztecs]], [[Maya civilization|Maya]], [[Olmecs]], [[Toltecs]], [[Teotihuacan]], [[Mixtecs]]

** [[Ancient Central America]] - [[Aztecs]], [[Maya civilization|Maya]], [[Olmecs]], [[Toltecs]], [[Teotihuacan]], [[Mixtecs]]

** [[Ancient South America]] - [[Inca]], [[Chimu]], [[Tihuanacu]], [[Huari]]

** [[Ancient South America]] - [[Inca]], [[Chimu]], [[Tihuanacu]], [[Huari]]