In order of time; arranged according to the sequence in which events occurred.
From Greek khronos 'time' and logos 'study,' with the suffix -ically. The concept developed from Greek historiography where organizing events by time sequence became a standard practice.
Before chronological thinking became standard, many cultures organized history thematically or genealogically, making our time-ordered approach a relatively recent way of understanding the past.
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