Political history is what most people refer to simply as history. It is the statement of various historical facts, dates of events, names of rulers, generals, kings, queens, presidents, revolutions, the explanation of these events and people, timelines, etc.. It is distinguished from other methodologies that are applied to the study of historical evidence; see
historiography for a more complete analysis of the methodology of various approaches to history.
Sometimes called Diplomatic History.
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