History is the study of the past The past is the portion of time that has already occurred; it is the opposite of the future, with special attention to the written record of the activities of human beings over time. Scholars who write about history are called historians A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time. If the individual is concerned with events preceding written history, the. It is a field of research which uses a narrative A narrative is a story that is created in a constructive format that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events. It derives from the Latin verb narrare, which means "to recount" and is related to the adjective gnarus, meaning "knowing" or "skilled". (Ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it often attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect Causality is the process of making something happen. Often it denotes a necessary relationship between one event and another event (called effect) which is the direct consequence of the first. This two event type of causality is known as accidental causality. Another variety, essential causality, has one event seen in two ways. Aristotle's example that determine events.[1][2] Historians debate the nature of history and the lessons history teaches.[1][3][4] A famous quote by George Santayana George Santayana , was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist has it that "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."[5] The stories common to a particular culture, but not supported by external sources (such as the legends surrounding King Arthur King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians. The sparse) are usually classified as cultural heritage Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Often though, what is considered cultural heritage by one generation may be rejected by the next generation, only to be revived rather than the "disinterested investigation" needed by the discipline of history.[6][7]
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