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HOW DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY?

THE PERIODS OF HISTORY

HOW DO WE MEASURE TIME?

HISTORY: OUR SHARED PAST

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History:

An EVENT is something that happens

History is the study of past events. History tells us what, where, when and why something happened. For example:

What does history teach us?

Why learn about the past?

Knowing about the past helps us understand the present and understand the long evolution of humans until today.

our shared past

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Historical dates and timelines

now

Calendars divide time into days, weeks, months and years.Our calendars are based on the birth of Jesus Christ, 2020 years ago.

Calendars

To study history, we need to know when events happened and how to put them in order. We use measurements such as the time, the day, the week, the month or the year. To talk about hundreds or thousands of years we use centuries and millennia.

How do we measure time?

Today

Prehistory is the longest period in the history of mankind

HISTORYBegins with the invention of writing. It is divided in four periods:- Ancient History - The early modern period - The Middle Ages. - The late modern period

PREHISTORYIs the first period and began over two million years ago with the appearance of the first humans. We have no documents from this time, only bones and some objects

the periods of history

The Middle Ages

The late modern period

The early modern period

Ancient History

History is divided in four periods:

- Your name in hieroglyphics

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- Your name in cuneiform

Museums

Material remains

Oral testimonies and audiovisual sources

Archives and libraries

Written documents

How do we know about history?