history

history (http://definr.com/history)

     n 1: the aggregate of past events: "a critical time in the
          school's history"
     2: the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from
        the past to the present and even into the future: "all of
        human history"
     3: a record or narrative description of past events: "a history
        of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to
        kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" [syn:
         account, chronicle, story]
     4: the discipline that records and interprets past events
        involving human beings: "he teaches Medieval history";
        "history takes the long view"
     5: all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing;
        a body of knowledge: "the dawn of recorded history"; "from
        the beginning of history"