The importance of studying history

the year Is 5000 and the study of history, especially the study of world history has completely disappeared , no longer are students hunched over volumes and volumes of books trying their best to understand the world of the past. Instead the concept has been completely forgotten about, at this same time Germany has been on the move. Had anyone read the signs and known any of the worlds history it would be clear to them we were headed toward another holocaust; Jews forced into camps, mass graves being discovered. Similarly America has invaded Vietnam again, but no one knows, without anyone studying history to them its a new occurrence. With no one there to warn the world of the past transgressions and mistakes the world is doomed to repeat every last one of its mistakes.

While I certainly hope that nothing like that will ever happen, its certainly a possibility if the world gives up on history. The old saying of we study our past to prevent the same mistakes in the future , is the best possible defense and reason to study any type of history.

A course like this, one that examines not only what happened but also the people behind in and what they believe in is an invaluable tool in understanding the world. It opens your eyes to what others believe in and more importantly why they act the way they do. A course like this can teach us all how we need to act when we are around other people from different customs and religions, ways to avoid offending them and more importantly it can potentially show us how we can make allies out of anyone. The current United States is an excellent example of this.

The country that we call home, the United States of America, is a cultural melting pot. In this one country we have people from all over the world, from Asia to New Zealand, we have everyone here. While this makes America an amazing place to live it also raises some possible problems. if everyone was ignorant of each others cultures and traditions our great country would be