Historiography refers to the study of the history of historical writing and the methodologies used by historians to interpret and analyze past events. It examines how historical narratives are constructed, the influences that shape them, and the varying perspectives that emerge over time. This field also considers the impact of cultural, social, and political contexts on historical interpretation. Essentially, historiography is about understanding how history is recorded, understood, and debated.
In general, historians look at the invention of writing with the early civilizations to define what is known as "recorded history." So that when we refer to the Dark Ages, for example, we are also talking about prehistory because, essentially, nothing was recorded. This is why this period prior to the Middle Ages is called "Dark." There's a difference, however, between a culture having no writing and having no system, thus it would be a mistake to think that a culture without a writing system is not a culture. It most likely had an oral tradition. This was generally true of early hunter-gathering "nomadic" cultures prior to the advent of agrarian communities and more stable settled environments with which, eventually, developed writing systems and "recorded" history.
There were, without doubt heroic acts carried out by individuals. What and where are not recorded with any rigour. It should be remembered that the morality, ethics and beliefs were very different in those days and on the whole, would be viewed today as acts of greed and power grabbing.
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Nobody, as the wheel predates recorded history.
Studying historiography
Studying historiography
Studying historiography
The main one was Herodotos.
The first one was Herodotus. He had many successors.
It is recorded by the historian Herodotus who was able to interrogate participants, and by other later historians.
I could be the great ancient Greek historian Plutarch who lived from 46 AD to 120 AD. The dates of my birth & death are approximations.
Religion dates to a time before recorded history, so it is impossible to say. However in recorded history, there have been over 3,000 claims of god across various cultures and spawned close to 10,000 different religions. If we include different denominations, it is close to 10 times that amount.
Examples of embroidery have been found in ancient sites long before recorded history from many different cultures. There is no reason to believe it was invented by any specific person.
"Different Drum" originally recorded by the Stone Poneys, does not appear to have been recorded by the Bangles.
The lowest temperature recorded in the winter in the US depends on the state. Different states had different low temperatures.
An article in the Guardian by Eric Hobsbawm