What are the twofold and the threefold divisions of history?

Answer 1

There can said to be two major divisions in human history although it is not used as often as it once was. The AD and BC division in history is not universally recognized as it once was. However, it is still a common guide to divide history. In common terms the BC stands for Before Christ, and the AD stands for after Christ. It is fashionable today to use CE for AD , the CE standing for common era. The BCE is similar to BC however, the BCE stands for Before the Common era.

Answer 2

It can be said that there are two types of history, in fact more than two. Sticking with the current question one type of history is a series of written facts in chronological order. To the best of the historian's knowledge, this factual style of writing history means that all that facts on a historical period are known to many people. This type of history writing can be interesting and informative. This is true for even history that is well known and begs the question, why write it if it already has been written. In this situation, by research, the historian uncovers a part of the life of say, Julius Caesar, that has have been facts only recently discovered by this type of historian.

The main part of history takes into consideration of the facts already written by the first type of historian, but takes history a step forward, or backwards, depending on what is written. By this is meant interpretive history. Here the historian provides an explanation as to why certain historical events happened. Here there is more room for controversy, as the "why" factor can be extremely subjective.

Answer 3

Twofold is before and after Christ. Threefold is Ancient History, Medieval History and Modern History.

Answer 4

Another common way world history is divided is into three distinct ages or periods: Ancient History (3600 B.C.-500 A.D.), the Middle Ages (500-1500 A.D.), and the Modern Age (1500-present).