Concept of sources of history

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*Definition
Sources of history are ways and manners Historians come about the information used in Historical development interpretations and constructions.

*Types

*Primary sources of history
*Secondary sources of history
Tertiary sources of history

*Primary sources can be also called Direct sources or Firsthand evidence…They that sources received and preserved as at the time of occurrence.

*Secondary sources are an aspect of primary sources as they mirror primary sources.They can be called indirect sources and also provide a range of information when property is interpreted.

Tertiary sources of history borrow from both primary sources and secondary source of history.They also promote continuity in learning.

*Examples of sources of history

*oral tradition
*Oral testimonies
*oral evidence*colonial papers
Arabic sources
Artifacts
Relices
Journals
*Written materials etc

Sources of history are an integral part of drafting Historical works.

It helps to ask logical questions
Such as : how ,when ,who , where

Sources of history is a road map for authentic Historical framework.

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  • Sources of history are ways and manners Historians come about the information used in Historical development interpretations and constructions.

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Outline for level one topics

  • Actors in international relations
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  • Black in different territories
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  • Branches of international law
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  • Colonial administration of Nigeria
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  • Concept and Growth of international political system
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  • concept of Black in Diaspora
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  • Concept of slavery and slave trade
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  • concept of sources of history; primary sources.
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  • Concept of Trans Atlantic slave trade
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  • Concept of trans Saharan slave trade
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  • Contributions of African diaspora to the world
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  • Definition of history
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  • Electoral crises in Nigeria
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  • Factors for the rise of old Oyo empire
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  • Fall of old Oyo empire and it’s effect
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  • Features of international law
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  • Geographical determinism
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  • Impact and characteristics of INT political system
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  • importance of history
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  • Importance of Law
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  • Islam and Black in Diaspora
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  • Limitations of international law
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  • Meaning & Nature of international law
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  • Meaning of Municipal law
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  • Military rule in Nigeria
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  • Nationalism of Nigeria
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  • origin and development of the Hausa States
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  • Pre-colonial political system in Nigeria
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  • Roles of international law in global affairs
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  • secondary and Tertiary sources of history
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  • Similarities and Differences btw Muni & Inter Law
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  • Subject areas in international relations.
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  • The Birth of Nigeria
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  • Approaches to the study of international relations
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  • Colonial Administration (Meaning)
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  • Meaning of international relations
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