RPH -Learning History

History is the study of the past.

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Historical sources that were not written should not be used in writing history.

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The subject of historiography is history itself

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History has no use for the present, thus, the saying “past is past” is true

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. History is limited to the story of a hero versus a villain

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Only primary sources may be used in writing history

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There are three types of sources: primary, secondary, and tertiary sources.  

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. External criticisms is done by examining the physical characteristics of a source.

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Internal criticisms is done by looking at a source’s quality of paper and type of ink, among others.

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The historians are the only source of history.

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