History: Its Definition
			"History in its root sense means inquiry?" The stress was on the inquiry as such, regardless of subject matter, on the search for explanation and understanding. [Humans are] rational beings: if [they] ask rational questions, [they] can, by the unaided efforts of [their] intellect, discover rational answers. But first [they] must discover that about [themselves]. The Classical Greeks did, in the 7th century B.C. (insofar as so abstract a notion can be dated at all), and thereby they established the greatest of their claims to immortality. Significantly, the inquiry was first directed to the most universal matters, the nature of being and the cosmos. Only later was [it] extended to humans, their social relations and their past, through the writings of the Herodotus, the "father of history." Source: The Greek HistoriansYou must inquire into the Past, Present, and Future in order to search for rational answers. "Historiography" is the process of understanding how the environment impacts the writing of history. All disciplines undergo changes as the intellectual climate changes. Hence, different "schools of thoughts" develop and, in turn, different approaches to the discipline occur.  Six major historiographical phases impact the study of history:     Rise of Nationalism? 1700 to 1800: a. Interest in Spanish Colonies                                                                  b. Interest in Native people     Expansion ? 1800 to 1890s: a. Interest in Spanish Southwestern Settlements
		b. Interest in Natives      Politics? 1890s to 1920s: a. Interest in Roman/Spanish/Mexican Law      Economics? 1920s to 1930s: a. Interest in immigrants & the economy
					b. Reserved labor-force (positive or negative?) Social - Post WWII to 1960s: history from the "bottom up" Quantitative (information age) ? 1970s to today: Computers & History
	Three "methodologies" exist in the inquiring process:
				a. Linear/Progressive: View  history chronologically and  Improve society. The Western Tradition embraces this perspective/ b. LInear/Progressive/Repetitvie: Same as Linear & Progressive but History may repeat itself. The Western Tradition "somewhat" embrace this perspective. c. Cyclical:  History always repeats itself.  The Western Tradition does not readily accept this perspective.