anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings

a history of the ancient world

a history of a word

detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment

writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)

a chronological account of events in successive years

the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings