History Chapter 01: What, Where, How and When

There are several things we can find out - what people ate, the kinds of clothes they wore, the houses in which they lived. We can find out about the lives of hunters, herders, farmers, rulers, merchants, priests, crafts persons, artists, musicians, and scientists.

We can also find out about the games children played, the stories they heard, the plays they saw, the songs they sang.

There are several ways of finding out about the past. One is to search for and read books that were written long ago. These are called manuscripts. We can also study inscriptions. These are writings on relatively hard surfaces such as stone or metal. Sometimes, kings got their orders inscribed so that people could see, read and obey them.

There were many other things that were made and used in the past. Those who study these objects are called archaeologists.