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Download Solution PDFStatement (A): History is myth
Statement (B): History is based on interpretation of sources.
Consider the following option and answer the following ?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFHistory is the study and the documentation of the past.
- "History" is a comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events.
- Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers.
- History differs from myth in that it is supported by evidence.
- Historians rely upon old coins, inscriptions, architecture, and textual records for information for their studies.
- Historians use different types of sources to learn about the past depending upon the period of their study and the nature of their investigation.
So, the above points clearly show that statement A is false but B is true.
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