The correct option is: "an explanation of how events in history contributed to or resulted in other events "
Journal of history or historiographical publication is the periodical scientific publication specialized in the field of history. Most of these articles are usually the result of a historian's research work, which communicates a partial aspect (monograph) or a summary of it. In many cases the articles of the history magazines are comments on the work of other historians, either in a praiseworthy or controversial way.