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The document summarizes the evolution of historiography from its origins to the present and discusses the nature of history as a discipline. It explains that ancient history had a more mythical approach, while authors like Herodotus and Thucydides began to adopt a more rational approach. Then, medieval historiography focused more on religious explanations. Finally, history became a scientific discipline in the 18th and 19th centuries, focused on the objective study of documents.
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