3 branches of history

For the work by H. G. Wells, see The Outline of History.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to history:

History – discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events.

History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented (the beginning of recorded history).

Nature of history

History can be described as all of the following:

• Academic discipline – body of knowledge given to – or received by – a disciple (student); a branch or sphere of knowledge, or field of study, that an individual has chosen to specialise in.
  • one of the humanities – academic discipline that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.
• Field of science – widely recognized category of specialized expertise within science, and typically embodies its own terminology a