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Topic: history
Definition:

  • the aggregate of past events
  • "a critical time in the school's history" a record or narrative description of past events
  • "a history of France"
  • "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"
  • "the story of exposure to lead" the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
  • "he teaches Medieval history"
  • "history takes the long view" the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
  • "all of human history" all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing
  • a body of knowledge
  • "the dawn of recorded history"
  • "from the beginning of history"

    Related tag cloud:

  • genealogy
  • travel
  • education
  • culture
  • art
  • books
  • museum
  • tourism
  • historical
  • news
  • information
  • music
  • family
  • uk
  • heritage
  • science
  • events
  • historic
  • research
  • business
  • community
    • Resources:

    History Channel
    Historical information ranging from Great Speeches (in audio) to facts about This Day in History.
    http://www.historychannel.com/

    Natural History Museum
    Includes details of the permanent exhibitions, special events and education programmes, along with visitors information and online interactive exhibitions.
    http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

    Groups, Algorithms and Programming
    Group at the University of St. Andrews developing GAP, a free system for computational discrete algebra.
    http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/

    The History Place
    Informative website focussing on American history from the Colonial period to present-day. Many on-line exhibits include timelines, photographs and famous speeches.
    http://www.historyplace.com/

    University of Kansas
    Official home page for the main Lawrence campus.
    http://www.ku.edu/