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  2. Human history - Wikipedia

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    Human history. 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.

  3. History - Wikipedia

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    History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') [1] is the systematic study and documentation of human past. [2] [3] History is an academic discipline which uses a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect.

  4. 11 Black history facts you should know - AOL

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    3. Though they were forbidden from signing up officially, a large number of Black women served as scouts, nurses and spies in the Civil War.. 4. One of the greatest African rulers of all time ...

  5. Ancient history - Wikipedia

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    Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC – AD 500, ending with the expansion ...

  6. What to know about Labor Day and its history - AOL

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    Its origins date back to the late 19th century, when activists first sought to establish a day to pay tribute to workers. The first Labor Day celebration in the U.S. took place in New York City on ...

  7. History of Europe - Wikipedia

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    History of Europe. The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the ...

  8. 10 Fascinating Facts You Probably Didn't Know About the ... - AOL

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    10 Facts About the History of Labor Day and the Labor Movement. 1. The first Labor Day "parade" was actually a strike. On Sept. 5, 1882, tens of thousands of union laborers marched from New York ...

  9. Vikings - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), [3][4][5][6] who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe. [7][8][9] They also voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, Greenland, and Vinland ...

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