Why People Use Historical Scales

Humans cannot always rely on intuition to answer all of their questions they tend to ask about the world around them. Such as, why was the universe created or why are they here. To find answers to these questions, people have to look at some things from far away and others close up using scales. The way someone interprets these scales, is the way that person will view the world, and how they will develop their own opinion. When looking at things from afar or up close, using the appropriate scale is key. There are many different kinds of scales that allow people to do just that. Knowing what historic scales are, why someone should use scales, and the different geographic levels can help people answer the questions they ask everyday. Historic scales are a period of time that historians decides to write and reflect about. David Christian, a professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, suggests the easiest way to process the idea of history writing, is by thinking of it as the construction of a map.
The first part of the book is about a man's relationship with the environment. Braudel states this history is slow, full of constant repetition and recurring cycles. The second type of history he describes in his book is the history of groups and groupings, which includes economic systems, states, provinces, societies, and civilizations. Traditional history, which is the history of events, is the third part of Braudels book. This often deals with the history of individual men. The final part of his book talks about how historic time should be divided into geographic, social, and individual time. By separating the time and the historic periods, people have a better interpretation of what happened in history, and therefore give evidence of what happened long ago to answer their questions (Text