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They study the past

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Historians

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is also called an era.

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Period

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What is the time before people invented writing?

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Prehistory

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BCE means

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Before Common Era

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CE means

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Common Era

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is information about an event that does not come from a person who experienced the event.

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Secondary Source

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These are objects made by people, such as a tool.

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artifact

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These sources provide the points of view of people who lived through an event.

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Primary Source

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map has information about a place at a time in the past.

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Historical map

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is the study of past cultures by looking at evidence.

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Archaeology