A chronology is basically the arrangement of events in their order of occurrence in time, or in other words, it is a chronicle and helps in the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events. Chronology is important as it is a part of periodisation, a part of history, earth history and other related sciences. A best example of a chronology as a reference work is the Timeline, which is often used in the education of students and researchers with which understanding events and trends for a particular subject becomes easy. The word 'Chronology' comes from the Latin word 'Chronologia' and from Ancient Greek 'Chronos' meaning time. A chronology may be either relative, that is, locating related events relative to each other or it can be absolute that is locating these events to specific dates in a chronological era and is also important in determining calendars and eras.
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