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    History Assignment: 3 Q.1) What were the main characteristics of the writings of the Nationalist School of Historiography? Ans: The Nationalist School of historical writing contributed to the self- confidence‚ self-assertion and a certain national pride which enabled Indian people to struggle against colonialism especially in the face of denigration of India ’s past and the consequent inferiority complex promoted by colonial writers. K.A. Nilakanta Sastri and other historians also helped overcome

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    The Importance of Learning the History of History Kathryn Allen Instructor Carl Garrigus October 29th 2011 This paper is meant to focus on the importance of the facts and history that lead up to‚ and surround the history of a major historical event. It will show that there is more meaning to an event such as the Vietnam War if you are able to understand the culture‚ beliefs‚ and impacts that surround Vietnam prior to the war. This will allow for a better understanding of why a war took place

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    HISTORY TEACHES US THAT HISTORY TEACHES NOTHING; DISCUSS? 1.0 INTRODUCTION All human cultures tell stories about the past‚ deeds of ancestors‚ heroes‚ gods‚ or animals. Songs sacred to particular peoples were chanted and memorized long before there was any writing with which to record them. Their truth was authenticated by the very fact of their continued repetition. History which can be considered as an account that purports to be true of events and ways of thinking and feeling in some part

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    Peter Sterns says that we need to study history and here are a few reasons why we should study history: History Helps Us Understand People and Societies- We can use history from the past to explain why we act the way we do. We can also use the past to formulate laws or theories about human behavior. History Helps Us Understand Change and How the Society We Live in came to be- we can use history to understand why things occur and history shows us a trend we can see what made a trend rise or fall and

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    causes the future and that’s where history comes from‚ history is important to know. We need to know history to understand societies and the way of the people who live in the societies behave History is interesting; it deals with real events and people. History offers a variety of topics and personal interests. Everything has a history; wars‚ nations and peoples. History is visible in every place of the world. History knowledge is very important‚ to not know history is ignorance in my opinion. Everyone

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    History can be defined as “the methodical record of public events” where memory is defined as “the faculty by which events are recalled or kept in mind”. Thus history and memory interrelate as history can be seen as the contextual justification for memory. “The Fiftieth Gate” is a poignant interweaving of history and memory. The text follows protagonist‚ Mark Baker an historian‚ son of Holocaust survivors Genia and Yossl (Joe)‚ on an historical journey through

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    Why study history? -To know about our past (archaeology) -to learn from our past mistakes - History helps us understand change -to broaden our knowledge People live in the present and they plan for and worry about the future. History‚ however‚ is the study of the past. Given all the demands that press in from living in the present and anticipating what is yet to come‚ why bother with what has been? Given all the desirable and available branches of knowledge‚ why insist-as most American educational

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    1) WHY AM I STUDYING HISTORY? I started doing History as an academic subject in high school and found it very interesting back then‚ and this fascination with the subject has continued to be there. Although many people disregard history as important and influential‚ I believe the opposite because for humans to develop as a race‚ we have to keep in touch with‚ or at least understand what happened in the past before we got to where we are now; why it happened; how it happened and who were the people

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    In contrast to documented evidence‚ personal history or memory inevitably reflects a one sided biased view of history. Evaluate the proposition in relation to your prescribed text and at least one related text. Personal history or memory inevitably reflects a one sided biased view of history. However through an analysis of multiple texts it can be seen that neither documented evidence (history) or personal memories are completely reliable. Despite this‚ a study of the poems “In Thai Binh (Peace)

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    Phillips (2002) Bull (1999) Tyerman (2006) Religion ‘God’s favour dictated much of their lives‚ and explained both natural and man-made events’ Eternal damnation – ‘A prime concern for the medieval man was to avoid the terrors of the afterlife’ – ‘torments of hell so violently depicted’ Pilgrimage was extremely popular – saints used as intermediaries Need to atone for one’s sins – emphasised by reform of the papacy Stereotypes of Islam and Muslims as ‘idolatrous polytheists’ Perception of

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