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Literature is the art of the written word. There are historical tales that barely keep to the truth. Then there are non-fiction history that keeps to the facts (most of the time). Note: it has been said that history is written by the victors!So history can be considered as literature.
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I would say that literature came before history. Librarians put literature in the 800s and history in the 900s.
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