The Greek word '''ἱστορία''', ''istoría'', means "knowledge acquired by investigation, inquiry". In this sense it is used in antique expression "natural history".
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In English the word went into two different directions: "story", or chronologically-structured narrative, and "history", or discourse on human events.
==Teaching==
==Teaching==
[[File:Historiog.jpg|thumb|300px|Trends in history departments]]
[[File:Historiog.jpg|thumb|300px|Trends in history departments]]