1 ) What is the term history means ?
2) Who is the father of history?
3) Which animal was first domesticated?
4) What is the meaning of "Istoria" ?
5) What is numismatics ?
6) What is epigraphy ?
Answers
Answer:
1.A continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account; chronicle: a history of France; a medical history of the patient. the aggregate of past events.
2.Herodotus has been called the “father of history.” An engaging narrator with a deep interest in the customs of the people he described, he remains the leading source of original historical information not only for Greece between 550 and 479 BCE but also for much of western Asia and Egypt at that time.
3.Goats were probably the first animals to be domesticated, followed closely by sheep. In Southeast Asia, chickens also were domesticated about 10,000 years ago. Later, people began domesticating larger animals, such as oxen or horses, for plowing and transportation.
4.The word istoria is the Greek word for story.
5.Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects. Early money used by people is referred to as "Odd and Curious", but the use of other goods in barter exchange is excluded, even where used as a circulating currency (e.g., cigarettes in prison).
6.Epigraphy refrs to the study and interpretation inscriptions. It also include the study of ancient languages and scripts, which can be found in the form of inscriptions, scriptures and writings in various forms, like clay tablets, copper plates, palm leaves, etc.