history

History is the study of written accounts of the past, encompassing all aspects of society: its political development, wars, cultural developments and everyday life. It is chronological, in that it assesses past events as they occurred sequentially. History is preserved and studied as a means of understanding both the past and the present which the former's events have helped to shape. It is not an objective science, though nowadays it is often classified as being a branch of the social sciences. 

History is usually taken to mean a written analysis of past events and human interactions, although oral history is an important area of study also. In certain types of traditional tribal societies, for example, oral history is a well developed and sophisticated means of transmitting the story of the past to the people of the present.

Many blogs are devoted to the study and discussion of history, some quite general and international in scope. Others focus on a certain geographical area, such as the United States, or a certain time period, such as the Middle Ages or the Edwardian period. 

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Original Technorati articles tagged “history”

• in Lifestyle
  Remains of Largest Known Crocodile Discovered in East Africa
  Largest known crocodiles were living about 2 to 4 million years ago in Kenya.
  by uzparacha / on May 7, 2012
• in Film
  Of Dolls and Murder (DVD) Recreates the History of Forensics
  “Convict the guilty, clear the innocent and find the truth in a nutshell.”
  by missbobetier / on Apr 12, 2012
• in Finance
  Facebook Set to be the Largest Internet IPO in May
  Facebook is set to make history when they go public in may raising an expected $10 billion.
  by reedsanders / on Mar 29, 2012

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• Decoration Day and the Grand Army of the Republic

  
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  This weekend, we Americans are being inundated with myriad auditory treats, such as the sound of burgers and hot dogs sizzling on the barbecue grill, the roar of the ski boats tearing across the lake, the rapid-clicking of fishing reels spinning, or the din of children playing in the backyard. All of this points to ...
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• History Today – May 26th, 1962 – The British Invasion?

  
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• Vintage Film on Google Maps

  
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  Ive added a few more archive videos to my Street View application There and Then . The app allows you to watch historical films embedded on a Google Maps Street View image of the same scene, as it looks today.  If you like this sort of thing you should also check out Historypin , which now also includes a few ...
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  Here, from today’s Guardian letters,  is one that delighted Malcolm: Thank you for pointing out that a photograph of Nazis , first identified as Hitler, Himmler, Goering and Hoess, in fact depicted Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler and Hess – whom I believe used to scull in the river at Dresden ( Corrections and ...
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• May 27 in history

  
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• A Prayer for the Feast Day of Augustine of Canterbury

  
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  O Lord our God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thine apostles and send them forth to preach the Gospel to the nations: We bless thy holy name for thy servant Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, whose labors in propagating thy Church among the English people we commemorate today; and we pray that all ...
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• She Doesn’t Look A Day Over 95

  
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  The flagship of the Texas Navy, the battleship Texas celebrates the 100th birthday of its launching this month! One of the few remaining ships that fought in both WWI and WWII the Texas (BB-35) was first launched on May 18, 1912. During WWII she fought in both the Atalntic (providing support during the Normandy [...]
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• Chris Thornhill on Jock Bevan: an Ardfern connection to the Arctic Convoys

  
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• Hatfield-McCoy feud reignited by new book, TV miniseries

  
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• Underpinning Tory values

  
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• John Wayne Was Born

  
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• Daughters Of The Vitasta by Prem Nath Bazaz, 1959

  
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• From the Vaults

  
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