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What is historiography?

A.
a historical encyclopedia
B.
an account of how history changes
C.
the study of history
D.
the writing of history

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D. The writing of history
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The correct answer is D. The writing of history

Step-by-step explanation:

In history which is the field that studies the past, the term "historiography" refers to the discipline that focuses on writing the history itself usually as historians and experts have gathered and analyzed multiple sources to determine those events that occurred and that need to be included in the process of writing. This discipline that derives from history was mainly recognized after the 19th and 20th century and includes texts from all the historical periods that explain different events from the past. Considering this, historiography is the writing of history.

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