Historiography : Development in the West
Maharashtra Board · Class 10 · History and Political Science
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What is historiography?
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The writing of critical historical narrative is known as historiography.
What is a historian?
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A scholar who writes such a narrative is a historian.
Why is historical research different from physical science experiments?
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Historical research cannot use laboratory experiments and observation, because historical events cannot be recreated and the researcher was not present in that time and place.
What methods help historical research?
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Historical research uses methods from many disciplines such as archaeology, archival science, manuscriptology, epigraphy, linguistics, numismatics, and genealogy.
What is epigraphy?
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Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions.
What is numismatics?
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Numismatics is the study of coins.
What is genealogy?
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Genealogy is the study of lineage.
Why were cave paintings, songs, and ballads important in early societies?
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Ancient communities used cave paintings, story-telling, songs, and ballads to pass on stories of ancestors. These now help historians understand the past.
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