The Emergence Machine

History

abstract · History · Level 4 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

History emerges as the study and narrative of past events, assembled from records and evidence, which preserve information from the past for future reference.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “history” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “history”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
historia
Origin language
el

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0HistoryRecordInformationPastChangePresentEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAbdicationL5AbolitionL5AgeL5Age Of DiscoveryL5AncestryL5HistoryL4RecordL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Record L3 (requires)
    History is the study and narrative of past events, assembled from records and evidence

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