HistoryThe Past:

All actions and thoughts by all individuals in all times an

places.

The Past

1. Events observed by someone

2. Events observed and remembered

3. Events observed, remembered recorded

4. Events for which we have surviving records

5. Available/usable/believable records for a given historical account

= The historical account

Events not observed have been lost to

history

Events observed but not remembered are

lost to historyUnrecorded actions and thoughts have been lost to history

This is the raw material of history

Unavailable, or unusable history is not apart of the historical

accountThe Historical Account