Human History

A Human History is a recorded narrative of human events that relate to [[____]].

• AKA: History of Humanity, Human Chronology, Anthropological History.
• Context:
  • It can typically span human temporal scales through chronological progression and developmental sequences.
  • It can typically contain human historical periods through era demarcations and epoch classifications.
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  • It can often document human war and conflict through military engagements and territorial disputes.
  • It can often investigate human belief systems through religious developments and philosophical traditions.
  • It can often analyze human environmental impacts through ecological transformations and climate interactions.
  • It can often examine human demographic changes through population growth patterns and mortality transitions.
  • It can often explore human rights movements through equality advancements and justice expansions.
  • It can often study human scientific developments through knowledge accumulation and methodological evolutions.
  • It can often detail human architectural achievements through building traditions and urban developments.
  • It can often address human slavery practices through forced labor systems and human exploitation.
  • It can often document human hate crimes through group-targeted violence and discrimination patterns.
  • It can often analyze human economic propositions such as the return-on-capital rate is typically greater-than economic-growth rate proposition.
  • It can often document human technological advancements through innovation timelines and tool development progressions.
  • It can often analyze human cultural movements through artistic evolutions and intellectual traditions.
  • It can often examine human social structures through class formations and hierarchical organizations.
  • It can often record human migration patterns through population movements and settlement establishments.
  • It can often chronicle human political evolution through governance systems and power structure developments.
  • It can often explore human economic systems through production methods and resource distribution mechanisms.
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  • It can range from being a Brief Human History to being a Comprehensive Human History, depending on its human historical coverage scope.
  • It can range from being a Local Human History to being a Global Human History, depending on its human geographical coverage.
  • It can range from being a Specialized Human History to being a General Human History, depending on its human thematic focus.
  • It can range from being a Ancient Human History to being a Modern Human History, depending on its human temporal focus.
  • It can range from being a Conservative Human History to being a Progressive Human History, depending on its human ideological perspective.
  • It can range from being a Empirical Human History to being a Theoretical Human History, depending on its human historical methodology approach.
  • It can range from being a Objective Human History to being a Subjective Human History, depending on its human historical interpretive stance.
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  • It can manifest across human historical epochs through chronological divisions:
    • Prehistoric Human History, covering human evolution and pre-writing cultural developments.
    • Ancient Human History, documenting early civilizations and empire formations.
    • Classical Human History, examining philosophical tradition emergences and religious foundations.
    • Medieval Human History, analyzing feudal systems and religious dominance.
    • Early Modern Human History, exploring colonial expansions and scientific revolutions.
    • Modern Human History, investigating industrial transformations and global conflicts.
    • Contemporary Human History, chronicling digital revolutions and global challenges.
  • It can demonstrate human historical approaches through methodology types:
    • Political Human History, focusing on governance institutions and power structures.
    • Social Human History, examining class relations and demographic changes.
    • Economic Human History, analyzing production systems and trade networks.
    • Cultural Human History, exploring artistic movements and intellectual traditions.
    • Environmental Human History, investigating human-nature interactions and resource utilization patterns.
    • Technological Human History, chronicling innovation developments and tool evolutions.
    • Religious Human History, documenting faith traditions and spiritual practices.
  • It can encompass human geographical scopes through spatial coverage:
    • Regional Human History, such as European Human History or Asian Human History.
    • National Human History, such as American Human History or Chinese Human History.
    • Local Human History, such as Urban Human History or Rural Human History.
    • Comparative Human History, examining cross-cultural interactions and shared development patterns.
    • Global Human History, analyzing world-wide connections and universal human experiences.
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  • It can feature human writing system development through information preservation and knowledge transmission.
  • It can include human revolutions and human social revolutions as transformative events in societal development.
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• Example(s):
  • Human Historical Epochs, such as:
    • Prehistoric Human History (covering the period before written records), including:
      • Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age (from earliest human ancestors to about 10,000 BCE), characterized by hunter-gatherer societyies and stone tool use.
      • Neolithic Human History (about 10,000-3,000 BCE), featuring the neolithic revolution and early agriculture.
    • Ancient Human History (approximately 3500-500 BCE), such as:
      • Mesopotamian Civilization History (featuring the Sumerian culture and the Babylonian Empire).
      • Ancient Egyptian History (chronicling the pharaonic dynasties and pyramid construction).
      • Ancient Chinese History (documenting the early dynastic periods and bronze age developments).
      • Ancient Indian History (examining the Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic period).
    • Classical Human History (approximately 500 BCE-500 CE), including:
      • Ancient Greek History (featuring the city-state development and philosophical achievements).
      • Roman Empire History (documenting imperial expansion and legal system development).
      • Han Dynasty History (examining Chinese imperial administration).
      • Gupta Empire History (chronicling Indian cultural flourishing).
    • Medieval Human History (approximately 500-1500 CE), such as:
      • European Middle Ages (characterized by feudal systems, the Crusades, and the Black Death).
      • Islamic Golden Age (featuring scientific advancements and cultural flourishing).
      • Tang and Song Dynasty History (documenting Chinese technological innovations).
      • Pre-Columbian American History (examining Mayan civilization, Incan Empire, and Aztec society).
    • Early Modern Human History (approximately 1500-1800 CE), including:
      • Renaissance Period (highlighting artistic revolutions and humanistic thinking).
      • Age of Exploration (documenting European colonization and global trade networks).
      • Scientific Revolution (featuring empirical method development and astronomical discoveryies).
      • Enlightenment Era (examining rationalist philosophy and political theory development).
    • Modern Human History (approximately 1800-1945), such as:
      • First Industrial Revolution (~1760 to ~1840) (characterized by manufacturing transformations and steam power adoption).
      • Second Industrial Revolution (featuring steel production, electricity use, and mass production).
      • Age of Imperialism (documenting colonial expansion and resource extraction).
      • World War I Era (examining global conflict and geopolitical realignment).
      • Interwar Period (featuring economic depression and totalitarian regime rise).
      • World War II Era (chronicling global warfare and genocide).
    • Contemporary Human History (1945-present), including:
      • Cold War Period (documenting superpower competition and nuclear tensions).
      • Decolonization Era (examining independence movements and post-colonial state formation).
      • Information Age (featuring digital technology development and global communication).
      • Globalization Period (analyzing economic integration and cultural homogenization).
      • Anthropocene (investigating human environmental impact and climate change).
      • Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Emergence Period (potential future transformative technology development).
  • Human Historical Source Types, such as:
    • Archaeological Human History, based on material remains and artifact analysis.
    • Documentary Human History, derived from written records and textual sources.
    • Oral Human History, preserved through spoken traditions and memory transmission.
    • Genetic Human History, revealed through DNA analysis and population genetics.
    • Environmental Human History, reconstructed from ecological data and climate records.
    • Demographic Human History approaches, such as:
      • Women's History, focusing on female experiences and gender relations.
      • Labor History, examining working class experiences and labor movements.
      • Indigenous Peoples' History, documenting native populations and colonization impacts.
      • African Diaspora History, analyzing forced migration and cultural resilience.
      • LGBTQ+ History, chronicling sexual minority experiences and identity recognition struggles.
  • Influential Human Historical Figures, such as:
    • Historical Persons who shaped scientific understanding, such as Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and his evolutionary theory.
    • Political Leaders who transformed governance systems, such as revolutionary figures and state builders.
    • Social Reformers who advanced human rights, such as abolitionists and civil rights champions.
    • Technological Innovators who created transformative inventions, such as industrial pioneers.
    • Cultural Creators who influenced artistic traditions, such as literary figures and art movement founders.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Natural History, which studies the development of the natural world rather than human societies.
  • Geological History, which examines Earth's physical development over millions of years.
  • Evolutionary Biology, which studies the development of species rather than human societies.
  • Fictional History, which creates imaginary historical narratives for literary or entertainment purposes.
  • Mythological Account, which, while part of cultural storytelling, does not represent verified human events.
  • Future Speculation, which projects potential developments rather than documenting past events.
  • Cosmic History, which examines the development of the universe rather than human affairs.
  • Alternate History, which explores counterfactual scenarios of what might have happened.
• See: Historical Period, History, National History, Civilization Development, War and Conflict, Prehistory, Revolution, Social Revolution, Slavery, Hate Crime, Early Modern Human, Hunter-Gatherer, Early Expansions of Hominins Out of Africa, Neolithic Revolution, Agriculture, Civilization, Ancient Period, Medieval Period, Renaissance, First Industrial Revolution (~1760 to ~1840), Cold War, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Emergence Period, Return-on-Capital Rate is Typically Greater-Than Economic-Growth Rate Proposition, Writing System, Historical Person, Influential Person, Historiography, Archaeology, Anthropology, Paleontology, Historical Linguistics, Periodization, Cultural Movement, Political Evolution, Economic System, Social Structure, Human Rights Movement, Human Migration Pattern.

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References

2024

• (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/human_history Retrieved:2024-9-13.
  • Human history is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers. They migrated out of Africa during the Last Ice Age and had populated most of the Earth by the end of the Ice Age 12,000 years ago. Soon afterward, the Neolithic Revolution in West Asia brought the first systematic husbandry of plants and animals, and saw many humans transition from a nomadic life to a sedentary existence as farmers in permanent settlements. The growing complexity of human societies necessitated systems of accounting and writing.

    These developments paved the way for the emergence of early civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, and China, marking the beginning of the Ancient period in 3500 BCE. These civilizations supported the establishment of regional empires and acted as a fertile ground for the advent of transformative philosophical and religious ideas, initially Hinduism during the late Bronze Age, and later Buddhism, Confucianism, Greek philosophy, Jainism, Judaism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism during the Axial Age. The following post-classical period, from about 500 to 1500 CE, witnessed the rise of Islam and the continued spread and consolidation of Christianity while civilization expanded to new parts of the world and trade between societies increased. These developments were accompanied by the rise and decline of major empires, such as the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic Caliphates, the Mongol Empire, and various Chinese dynasties. This period's invention of gunpowder and of the printing press greatly affected subsequent history.

    During the early modern period, spanning from approximately 1500 to 1800 CE, European powers explored and colonized regions worldwide, intensifying cultural and economic exchange. This era saw substantial intellectual, cultural, and technological advances driven by the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment. By the 18th century, the accumulation of knowledge and technology had reached a critical mass that brought about the Industrial Revolution and began the modern period starting around 1800 CE. The growth in productive power further increased international trade and colonization, linking the different civilizations in the process of globalization. Over the last quarter-millennium, despite the devastating effects of two world wars, there has been a great acceleration in the rates of growth of many domains, including human population, agriculture, industry, commerce, scientific knowledge, technology, communications, military capabilities, and environmental degradation.

    The study of human history relies on insights from academic disciplines including history, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, and genetics. To provide an accessible overview, researchers divide human history by a variety of periodizations.

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