Regular recording of historical events originated inearly times partly because of vanity and the desire to convey to the descendants the great deeds of the ancient rulers. The feats of the lords - real or fictional - formed the basis of the first chronicles, which open the way to the knowledge of the Ancient world. Historical events and news could be interpreted truthfully or deliberately, but as far descendants, we are interested in any bits of information that are in ancient chronicles.
First records
The most ancient information about the life of our ancestorscontained in the records of the ancient Greeks and Egyptian priests. The rock inscriptions, pieces of parchment and verbal retellings laid the foundation for studying the past of humanity.
Various sources
Many testimonies about the events of the ancient worldcontained in the Bible and the Talmud. For example, the mention of the ancient king Nabu-Kudurri-Utsur is found in Akkadian chronicles. What the king was and at what time his rule existed - an answer was needed for this question. Regular recording of historical events did not provide complete information, and the contradictory and intricate interpretations of historical eras from ancient historians were completely confusing. It took the efforts of generations of historians and researchers to identify the ancient king of Entre Rios with the biblical Nebuchadnezzar and establish the years of his reign.
All-Russian Chronicles
In the heyday of Kievan Rus begantimed events of the ancient state. The most ancient chronicle collection is the Nestor Chronicle, created in Kiev in the second half of the 12th century. Nestor collected all the information and legends about the formation of Russia and gave them completeness and structure.
Later manuscripts are dated 14-15 centuries.The Vladimir arch, the Radziwill chronicle, the arches of the Laurentian and Ipatiev origins have survived. At the end of the 16th century, an all-Russian chronicle collection was created - the so-called Nikon Chronicle, which absorbed all the original sources known at that time and created its own Facial chronicle collection.
Chronology and periodization
Scattered information was not ordered andresulted in significant distortions. The mention of that other ruler was often encountered several times, and it was rather difficult to identify them with real historical events. The names of historical epochs and events with detailing of times and periods were developed much later. Their diversity and use is studied by a special department of science - historical chronology.
Different stages of historical knowledge of the worldarose due to the human need for systematization and ordering of various events of the past. There was a need for periodization - the allocation of different stages of history and understanding of their content. Such historical periods should be based on some similar characteristics that allow different events to lie in one direction. For example, the period of the ancient kingdoms is characterized by the flourishing of the slave system and so on.
Calendar and historical counts
The simplest principle of reference times and erasis the calendar method. Different epochs were attached to the historical time, with the help of which the reading itself was conducted. Later sources divided the historical period into two huge epochs - before the birth of Christ and from the birth of Christ.
Исторические отсчеты известны с глубоких времен.Then time was counted according to the time of existence of one or another ruling dynasty. Even in the new time this method is quite popular - scientists, for example, single out the era of the Tudor rule in England or report a historical event in China, dating it to the era of the Tang dynasty. It can be seen that both regular and regular recording of historical events is quite convenient - the classification by calendar allows you to accurately set the time frame for an event. Binding to the historical classification reveals the features of a past period.
Regular recording of historical events inis being conducted with all available media. We will leave behind a lot of testimonies from our own lives. Perhaps our descendants will be able to understand the abundance of facts of our modern life and give them a decent assessment.
