Portal:Sciences of History

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Sciences of History

Top level portal for Class C: Sciences of History.
Auxiliary sciences of history are academic disciplines which help evaluate and use historical sources and are seen as auxiliary for historical research.
Historiography is the study of the history and methodology of the discipline of history.

Subclass CB: History of civilization

The history of civilization covers civilization with respect to geography, technology, war and other topics; as well as its origins and forecasts for its future.

Subclass CC: Archaeology

Archaeology is the study of human society. Primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material evidence they have left behind.

Subclass CD: Diplomatics

Diplomatics is study and textual analysis of documents; particularly, but not limited to, historical documents.

Subclass CDA: Archives

Archives are collections of historical records, containing primary source documents that have been accumulated within the collection.

Subclass CDB: Seals

Seals are impressions made in a medium such as wax, intended to authenticate a document.

Subclass CE: Technical chronology and calendar

Technical chronology and calendar covers to system and practice of organizing days for assorted purposes and recording sequences of events.

Subclass CJ: Numismatics

Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.

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The Historians' History of the World title page

The illuminated title page of the book "The Historians' History of the World"
The Historians' History of the World

Subclass CN: Inscriptions and epigraphy

Inscriptions and epigraphy covers carved text and the study there of.

Subclass CR: Heraldry

Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol.

Subclass CS: Genealogy

Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history.

Subclass CT: Biography

A biography account of someone's life. Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life.

Child portals: Animal biographiesAutobiographiesObituaries

People portals: Joe HooperAbdullah KhadrClifford SimsGeorge ThurstonAymer de Valence

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