Historians define the term "causation" as the relationship between two events in which one leads directly to the other occurring.
In terms of history, causation is understood as the relation that exists between two temporally simultaneous or successive events when the first event, which is the cause, gives way to the other, known as the effect.
On top of that, ancient ideas of historical causation were often connected to metaphysical and mythological ideas about how the world works.