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[[File:Marble_bust_of_Herodotos_MET_DT11742_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Model of [[Herodotus]] ({{circa|484|425}} BC), often considered the "father of history" in the Western world]]
'''History''' (derived {{etymology|grc|''{{wikt-lang|grc|ἱστορία}}'' ({{grc-transl|ἱστορία}})|inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation}})<ref name=JosephJanda>{{Cite book|editor1-last =Joseph |editor1-first =Brian|editor2-last =Janda |editor2-first =Richard| orig-year= 2004| title =The Handbook of Historical Linguistics| publisher =Blackwell Publishing| page =163| isbn =978-1405127479| year =2008}}</ref> is the systematic study and documentation of the human [[past]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://archaeology.about.com/od/hterms/qt/history_definition.htm | title=History Definition | access-date=21 January 2014 | archive-date=2 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202111248/http://archaeology.about.com/od/hterms/qt/history_definition.htm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.siena.edu/pages/3289.asp | title=What is History & Why Study It? | access-date=21 January 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201183734/http://www.siena.edu/pages/3289.asp | archive-date=1 February 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
The period of events before the [[History of writing#Inventions of writing|invention of writing systems]] is considered [[prehistory]].<ref>{{cite dictionary |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/prehistory |title=Prehistory Definition & Meaning |dictionary=Dictionary.com |access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref> "History" is an [[umbrella term]] comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. [[Historian]]s seek knowledge of the past using [[historical source]]s such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Arnold|first=John H.|title=History: A Very Short Introduction|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2000|isbn=019285352X|location=New York}}</ref> History is incomplete and still has debatable mysteries.
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