Using a combination of literature, artifacts, art and any other type of evidence left from the ancient world, scholars aim to understand the history and culture of ancient civilizations.

Study of Ancient History

Ancient History is past events starting from writing/recorded human history to late antiquity. Ancient history is a period of time or academic category. 

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- U. S. History
- European History
- Modern History
- Military History
- Ancient History

Subcategories of History

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Modern history deals with world history since the Middle Ages. Generally, it refers to world history since the beginning of the Age of Reason, the Age of Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution, in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Modern History

Military history deals with the history of armed conflict over the course of human history, as well as its impact on the relevant economies, societies, and cultures, plus the corresponding changes to local and international relationships.

Military History

European history deals with the discovery, collection, study, organization, presentation, and interpretation of the affairs and events of the European nations and peoples since since written records began. 

European History

U. S. history deals with the history of the United States since its founding, as well as all the events that led to the founding of the United States. The beginnings of U. S. history can be traced back to the arrival of the first Native Americans in ~15000 B. C. The arrival of Christoper Columbus in 1492 A. D. led to permanent European colonization of the Americas. 

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Molecular studies identified the presence of the Y. pestis plague DNA genome in two Bronze Age skeletons dated at roughly 3800 years old. Scholars have also identified three plague pandemics. 

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