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This page is a Wikiportal to serve as a gateway in accessing history-related pages.

Guidelines for history on Wikipedia can be found at Wikipedia:History.

History is a term for information about the past. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of human societies. The term history comes from the Greek "ιστορία" historia, "an account of one's inquiries," and shares that etymology with the English word story. The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica remarked that "history in the wider sense is all that has happened, not merely all the phenomena of human life, but those of the natural world as well. It includes everything that undergoes change; and as modern science has shown that there is nothing absolutely static, therefore the whole universe, and every part of it, has its history."

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Bust of Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (Latin: C·IVLIVS·C·F·C·N·CAESAR¹) (July 12 or July 13, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader whose conquest of Gallia Comata extended the Roman world all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, launching the first Roman invasion of Britain, and introducing Roman influence into what has became modern France, an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to this day. Caesar fought and won a civil war which left him undisputed master of the Roman world, and began extensive reforms of Roman society and government.

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The Tughra (طغراء) of Mahmud II. A tughra is a Turkish paisley-like calligraphic seal or signature used at the beginning of sultans' decrees. These colorful emblems incorporated the ruler's name and title in intricate vegetal inscriptions designed by neshanis, or court calligraphers. Parallel to the European signet, tughras often appeared on coins and stamps of the Ottoman Empire.

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...that the Panjdeh Incident in 1886 almost led to full-scale war between the British Empire and Imperial Russia over their competing interests in Afghanistan?
...that Roman embassies to China are reported in Chinese historical accounts from as early as 166?
...that in the history of neurology, Ancient Egyptians described the effect of high transection of the spinal cord in humans?

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Subcategories of History:
Cultural history - Historiography - History articles to wikify - History by nation - History by period - Pseudohistory - Historical reenactment - History by region - History of sports - Historical stubs - Timelines - History by topic

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