History

History is the study of the past, focused on human activity and leading up to the present day. More exactly, history is the field of research producing a continuous narrative and a systematic analysis of past events of importance to the human race, including the study of events over time and their relation to humanity. Those who study History as a profession are called historians. The word history comes from Greek ἱστορία (istoria), from the Proto-Indo-European *wid-tor-, from the root *weid-, "to know, to see". This root is also present in the English word wit, in the Latin words vision and video, in the Sanskrit word veda, and in the Slavic word videti and vedati, as well as others. (The asterisk before a word indicates that it is a hypothetical construction, not an attested form.) The Ancient Greek word , istoría, means "knowledge acquired by investigation, inquiry". It was in that sense that Aristotle used the word in his , Peri Ta Zoa Istória or, in Latinized form, Historia...