Wp/aig/History
History be de study ah tings weh happen in de past. People know wah gwan inna de past by lookin' at tings weh come from de past, like sources (like books, newspapers, scripts, an' letters), buildings, an' artifacts (like pottery, tools, coins, an' human or animal remains.) Libraries, archives, an' museums collect an' keep dese tings so people could study history. A person who study history dem call 'em a historian. A person who study pre-history an' history through tings left behind by ancient cultures dem call 'em an archaeologist. A person who study mankind an' society dem call 'em an anthropologist. De study ah de sources an' methods weh dem use fi study an' write history, dat dey call historiography.
People could learn 'bout de past by talkin' to people who remember tings weh happen long time ago. Dis dey call oral history. Fi example, when people who bin slaves an' survivors from de American Civil War get old, some historians record dem talkin' 'bout deir lives so history nah get lost.[1]
In de old days, people in diffrent parts ah de world keep separate histories 'cause dem nah meet up too often. Some groups ah people nah even meet each other. De rulers ah Medieval Europe, Ancient Rome, an' Ancient China, dem each tink dem rule de only important parts ah de world an' dat odda parts ah de world dey call 'barbarian'. But, dey still did connected, even if dey ain' realize it.[2]
De term 'historically' use fi say sometin bin a certain way most ah de time in its history. Fi example, a historically female university be a university weh mostly or all de time bin have a student body weh mostly or all female. People often use dis term fi historically female an' historically black (African American) schools.