What is History?

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Decade

10 years

Century

100 Years

Millennium

1000 years

Historian

A person who studies the past.

Secondary Source

A piece of evidence created after the event or by someone who wasn't there

Primary Source

A piece of evidence created at the time of the event or by someone who was there.

Fact

A thing that is known or proved to be true.

Reliable

Able to be trusted

AD

Anno Domini- A Latin word that means "in the year of lord" the words are used to mark the years time after the birth of Jesus.

BC

Before Christ-Any year before Christ was born

Bias

Favouring a certain side or point of view

Chronology

Placing events and dates in historical order of time.

Opinion

Someones belief or view about something.

Anachronism

Something or someone not belonging to the correct time period

History

The study of people and events in the past based on evidence.


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