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  2. Presentism (historical analysis) - Wikipedia

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    Presentism (historical analysis) In literary and historical analysis, presentism is a term for the introduction of present-day ideas and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the past. Some modern historians seek to avoid presentism in their work because they consider it a form of cultural bias, and believe it creates a distorted ...

  3. Glossary of history - Wikipedia

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    human history. 1. The complete narrative of humanity's past, generally as reckoned from the emergence of anatomically modern humans c. 300,000 years ago to the present day (though sometimes inclusive of much earlier periods in human evolution ), and thereby encompassing both prehistory and written history. 2.

  4. Historic recurrence - Wikipedia

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    Historic recurrence is the repetition of similar events in history. [a] [b] The concept of historic recurrence has variously been applied to overall human history (e.g., to the rises and falls of empires ), to repetitive patterns in the history of a given polity, and to any two specific events which bear a striking similarity. [4]

  5. Comparative history - Wikipedia

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    Comparative history. Comparative history is the comparison of different societies which existed during the same time period or shared similar cultural conditions. The comparative history of societies emerged as an important specialty among intellectuals in the Enlightenment in the 18th century, as typified by Montesquieu, Voltaire, Adam Smith ...

  6. Hagiography - Wikipedia

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    Page from the Vita Sancti Martini by Sulpicius Severus. A hagiography (/ ˌ h æ ɡ i ˈ ɒ ɡ r ə f i /; from Ancient Greek ἅγιος, hagios 'holy', and -γραφία, -graphia 'writing') is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader, as well as, by extension, an adulatory and idealized biography of a preacher, priest, founder, saint, monk, nun or icon in any of the world's religions.

  7. Early Modern English - Wikipedia

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    Early Modern English (sometimes abbreviated EModE, or EMnE) or Early New English (ENE) is the stage of the English language from the beginning of the Tudor period to the English Interregnum and Restoration, or from the transition from Middle English, in the late 15th century, to the transition to Modern English, in the mid-to-late 17th century.

  8. Aristocracy - Wikipedia

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    Aristocracy (from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā) 'rule of the best'; from ἄριστος (áristos) 'best', and κράτος (krátos) 'power, strength') is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats. [1]

  9. Today's Wordle Answer, Hint for #1076 on Thursday, May ... - AOL

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    Today's Wordle Answer for #1076 on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Today's Wordle answer on Thursday, May 30, 2024, is GUMMY. How'd you do?