Social nature is spiritual civilization.

History is also called "history". A branch of social science. A science that studies and expounds the specific process of human social development and its regularity. Marxism holds that historiography is a part of social ideology and has a distinct class nature. Its main task is to clarify and reveal the historical development law from the primitive commune system, through slavery, feudalism and capitalism, to socialism and capitalism with specific historical facts according to the time and time sequence. The recording and compilation of history should begin with the invention of writing. Since ancient times, many historians have appeared in all countries and nationalities in the world, leaving valuable historical works for future generations, accumulating rich historical materials, and expressing various historical ideas, viewpoints and historical management methods. These records of human progress from different angles are an important part of human cultural heritage. The historical theories and viewpoints before Marxism, as far as their mainstream is concerned, are basically from the standpoint of protecting the interests of the exploiting classes. Generally speaking, it has two main characteristics: (1) overemphasizes the ideological motivation of people's historical activities, ignores the material conditions behind the ideological motivation, and does not understand the objective laws of social development; (2) regard a few heroes and great men as the creators of history, while ignoring the decisive role played by the people in the historical process. These two points are essentially the concentrated expression of historical idealism. Marx and Engels first discovered the universal law of the development of human society. From the standpoint of the proletariat, they expounded the dialectical relationship between productive forces and production relations, economic base and superstructure by using the principles of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, thus revealing the general process of orderly development of various social and economic forms, effectively demonstrating that production struggle, class struggle and scientific progress are the main driving forces of social development, and the people are the real creators of history, while fully affirming the role of individuals in history; In this way, history began to become a science (see "Historical Science"). The research object of historiography is very extensive, including the development history of human society and the history of all countries and nationalities in the world. From ancient times to the present, it can be used for comprehensive, phased or classified research. An overview of historiography, which outlines the general principles and research methods of historiography, the history of historiography, the history of historical materials and their application methods, and special historical categories such as cultural history, ideological history, economic history and scientific and technological history can all be included in the scope of historiography.