Human history is often taught and understood through written records, documents, inscriptions, literature, and legal texts that chronicle the lives, decisions,
We also have the term recorded history, which is a specific term so I don’t accept your assertion that the term history has anything to do with the recording of it.
History refers to the recording. That’s why we have the term prehistoric, which refers to the period before events were recorded.
Bonus: historiography is the study of the record itself
Somewhat related maybe, but I enjoy reading old history books. What did we see as history over history?
And both are important, or you start taking Caesar or Plutarch, worse, the Historia Augusta at face value.
We also have the term recorded history, which is a specific term so I don’t accept your assertion that the term history has anything to do with the recording of it.