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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a meaningful understanding of the past is to be gained‚ the resources of both history and memory must be used. History is the factual‚ objective recording of events through documents‚ archives‚ records‚ artefacts and physical evidence whereas memory is the recollection of individuals of their personal experience and sequence of events however‚ adding the human element to the situation or experience. However‚ history and memory sometimes contrast with each other but most importantly they need to
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People’s History A book unlike any other before about American history was published in 1980. The author‚ a former bombardier in World War II‚ shows the way most people would view the history of the United States‚ and that is why the title is A People’s History of the United States. He (the author‚ that is) has written many other books that also have much merit to them. The author’s thesis in this work of literature is to unveil many misconceptions in the way people view our nation’s history and
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The Importance of History Studies What is history? According to E.H. Carr (1984)‚ history is a science‚ no more and no less. Meanwhile‚ R.G. Collingwood (1946)‚ described the history as re-enactment of past experience. Obviously‚ history studies is the study of past events‚ particularly in human affairs. In Malaysia‚ history is a compulsory subject in the school curriculum. Referring to Examination Board Circular No. 3‚ Year 2011‚ history is a must-pass subject in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)
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Sources of African History Author(s): James Mulira Reviewed work(s): Source: Current Anthropology‚ Vol. 20‚ No. 1 (Mar.‚ 1979)‚ pp. 227-229 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2741903 . Accessed: 06/06/2012 09:42 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a
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