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Types of History?

Author: Guptajit Pathak Author Ranking Blue | Posted: 16-10-2007 | Comments: 0 | Views: 9 | Rating:  (51) Article Popularity - Blue (?) Got a Question? Ask.
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Human history is the outcome of working of factors like political, economic and religious, all of which making simultaneously. Philosophy of topics and aptitudes of the historians or authors make a richness in variety of history.
History is divided into two broad areas, horizontally as well as vertically. Hence, chronology is the basis of horizontal division, while theme is the basis of vertical division. The growing expansion of knowledge in such areas of study has resulted in the creation of more and more specialised branches of historical narration.
From the chronological point of view, history is divided into two parts, i.e., pre-historic era and historic era. For the pre-historic era, written documents are not more while for the historic era it has more documents.
Rausin, the Dutch historian has grouped the historic era in three periods, i.e., ancient, medieval and modern periods.
The human’s and their surroundings interact each other and make different traits in history. The division of history is based upon the contents. Therefore, history is grouped into political, economic, cultural, religious, social etc.
Political history is a branch of history. Its scope is so wide that it has progressed several areas of its own. In this context, mention may be made of the history of military, constitutional, diplomatic, legal and administrative.
Economic history deals with the development of material welfare of the people as a whole. Hence, economic aspects of historical incidence were ignored the pre-historical writing.
Religious history secured much importance in early-times specially when religious chaos were raging. Here, religion was on the ascendancy of human ideology.
In the recent scenario, religious history is covered as a branch of cultural or social history. Cultural history is related with the cultural development through the ages. Social history concerned with entire social life of the humans.

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