<P> This definition includes within the scope of history the strong interests of peoples, such as Indigenous Australians and New Zealand Māori in the past, and the oral records maintained and transmitted to succeeding generations, even before their contact with European civilization . </P> <P> Historiography has a number of related meanings . Firstly, it can refer to how history has been produced: the story of the development of methodology and practices (for example, the move from short - term biographical narrative towards long - term thematic analysis). Secondly, it can refer to what has been produced: a specific body of historical writing (for example, "medieval historiography during the 1960s" means "Works of medieval history written during the 1960s"). Thirdly, it may refer to why history is produced: the Philosophy of history . As a meta - level analysis of descriptions of the past, this third conception can relate to the first two in that the analysis usually focuses on the narratives, interpretations, world view, use of evidence, or method of presentation of other historians . Professional historians also debate the question of whether history can be taught as a single coherent narrative or a series of competing narratives . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> History's philosophical questions <Ul> <Li> What is the proper unit for the study of the human past--the individual? The polis? The civilization? The culture? Or the nation state? </Li> <Li> Are there broad patterns and progress? Are there cycles? Is human history random and devoid of any meaning? </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> History's philosophical questions <Ul> <Li> What is the proper unit for the study of the human past--the individual? The polis? The civilization? The culture? Or the nation state? </Li> <Li> Are there broad patterns and progress? Are there cycles? Is human history random and devoid of any meaning? </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr>

Describe two important historical events that are significant to the study of management