Scope of History

 Scope of History 

                        Q. 1. Name 10 famous historians of the world.

Ans:- 

a.  Herodotus (484 – c. 420 BCE), was an ancient Greek historian and geographer.

b. Thucydides (460 – c. 400 BCE), was an Athenian historian

c.   Xenophon (431 – c. 360 BCE), Athenian knight and student of Socrates

d. Ctesias (early 4th century BCE), Greek historian of Assyrian, Persian, and Indian history

e. Ephorus of Cyme (c. 400–330 BCE), was an ancient Greek historian known for his universal history.

f.  Theopompus (c. 380 – c. 315 BCE), was an ancient Greek historian and rhetorician.

g. Julius Caesar (100 – c. 44 BCE), was a Roman general and statesman wrote Gallic and civil wars.

h.  Zuo Qiuming ( 556–451 BCE), was a Chinese historian who was a contemporary of Confucius 

i.  Titus Livius or Livy ( 59 BC – AD 17), was a Roman historian.

j.  Ibn Rustah (10th century), Persian historian and traveler

Q. 2. Which is believed to be the earliest history book in the world?

Ans- Herodotu’s  the Histories is considered to be the first history book in the world. The Histories gives a detailed account of the Greco-Persian War. He was the first writer to systematically investigate historical phenomena. 

Q. 3. What is the time called before history was written?

 Ans- The prehistoric period.

Q.4. What is the scope of history ?

Ans :- History is the story of human behavior. Therefore, the scope of history is vast. History was once limited to a local story, but now it has become the universal history of mankind. Human achievements in every sphere of life such as political, economic, social, cultural, scientific, technological, religious and artistic are discussed at various levels such as local, regional, national, and international levels. History also points from the past to the present and to the future. History is about wars, revolutions, the rise and fall of empires, the fortunes and misfortunes of the great empire builders as well as the people in general. History is a broad subject and includes the history of geography, the history of art, the history of culture, the history of literature, the history of civilization, the history of religion, the history of mathematics, the history of physics, the history of chemistry. In other words, every social, physical and natural activity of mankind is history. History today has become an all-encompassing, comprehensive subject of almost unlimited scope.

Q.5. What are the main divisions of history?

Ans- The main division of History is – (1) Prehistory, (2) Classical, (3) Middle Ages, (4) Early Modern and  (5) Modern eras.

Q.6. Who is called the father of history?

Ans- Herodotus is called the "Father of History," a title bestowed upon him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero.

Q.7. Who writes history?

Ans :- Researchers called historian writes history by studying the past of mankind.

Q.8. What is the difference between myth and history?

Ans- A mythology is a traditional story, especially one relating to the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon and usually involving supernatural beings or events. Mythology is a detailed account of all events, big and small , social traditions and other subtleties. But History is the record of what one age finds noteworthy in another. History is the record of important events that happened in the past. It is not as detailed as the story.