chronology
noun
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History is much more than a simple chronology of events, but keeping events in chronological order is the first essential step in thinking about it. When, for example, historians try to show how World War I prepared the way for World War II, tracking the chronology of the events in the years between the two wars can help in explaining a complicated historical era.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 June 2024
Now an associate professor at the University of Arizona, Black has compiled a 500-year chronology tracking fish growth related to changes in the environment.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
Its chronology begins with the ancient practice of hunting bulls in the wild for meat and skins, then traces the hunt’s evolution as sport with the emergence of celebrity toreadors in a theater of cruelty and courage.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
As far as the event’s chronology, 2024 marks the 50th Anniversary of NCAA Division II, and the 20th Anniversary of the Mister and Miss CIAA Scholarship Competition and the tournament’s Ball Girl/Ball Boy Program.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 9 June 2024
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“Chronology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chronology. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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