What is history? Why bother? What some people have said is history: History is only a confused heap of facts. (G.K. Chesterton) The past is useless. That explains why it is past. (Wright Morris) History is an argument without end. (Peter Geyl) History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illuminates reality‚ vitalizes memory‚ provides guidance in daily life‚ and brings us tidings of antiquity. (Cicero) What experience and history teach is this‐that people and governments
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advantages for corporation development in the present world than in the past‚ but what is clear is that we can learn from the past and make proper decisions for our future development. As I see it‚ the most important lesson we can learn from the history is that if you just keep standing at the same point and don’t think about moving ahead‚ you will be abandoned by the age. The best example for this is Kodak. Kodak used to be the biggest imaging and photographic equipment company in the global market
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It is the most interesting and innovative approach to history. The pathfinder of the field was the German Historian George G Igger. He developed it as a methodology in 1970’s to counter the traditional methodology of Social sciences. The basic objection of him was that through the traditional methodology it is not possible to know the concrete reality of small scale life. The small scale life refers to the Anthropological‚ Cultural‚ Sociological‚ Political‚ Economic and all other inclusive
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The Early Modern European Economy: A book review In “The Early Modern European Economy”‚ Peter Musgrave attempts to express and formulate an underlying pattern from modern studies of the early modern period. The underlying focus of the book is the transformation of the feudal system in the early modern period to the economy of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Musgrave attempts to conjoin new works on the topic of the early modern European economy by analyzing the key structures and arguments
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formation of a modern tradition‚ and each responded to the challenges of the modern world in a distinctive manner. All the countries recognized social equality‚ industrialization and urbanization as major factors of modern life. Yet‚ these factors and their impact on the arts and crafts were encountered differently in each country‚ giving a special identity to the design traditions of each. By the mid-century‚ however‚ these designs became known as a style and the history of modern Scandinavian design
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Why Do We Study History? The reasons for studying history vary from personal ones‚ to some that affect an entire society or group of people. As conscious beings‚ there always has been a need to study and learn why and how the world has evolved to its current point today. As an individual‚ one often hears‚ “learn from your mistakes.” The past teaches about mistakes‚ so one may learn from them. By learning the bigger lessons‚ not the tiny details‚ one can discover why they are who they are now. Finally
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Quinton D. Stallworth 8/28/14 "History Still Matters" By: Bill Moyers (Questions) 1. Moyers compares the study of history to “the view in the rearview mirror.”In what ways is this quote an apt comparison? Much like a rearview mirror you always look in to the past with caution. The longer you look in the past the more you understand your situation much like the mirror while you’re driving. Without either you’d be lost. And Finally just like looking into the past‚ it’s a neccessary effort that
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cling to your knife. Approaching the Essay Step 1: Think about the task/question. In this case‚ the question is as follows: Choose a poem which increased your understanding of any aspect of life in the modern world. State what aspect of life in the modern world the poem illustrates and go on to show how the poem‚ both by its content and by its style‚ increased your understanding. Now‚ mind-map your ideas for key points you wish to make about the poem. Step 2: A vital
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efforts and perseverance on their studies when they’re studying. ‘Coz that moment there wasn’t high-tech gadgets or google or somewhat technologies that help them in just one click. But the only source of knowledge of them is a Book. Unlike today‚ Modern Gagdets‚ Apps or Google can help them in just one click. So easy to do‚ a Copypaste can done their homeworks. A simple effort can done everything without knowing its thought inside. And the disadvantage of that is‚ they’re spoilding or making youth
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Modern art-kind of art that does not resemble anything; abstract & distorted Modern- means something new One of the things that make modern painting & sculpture hard to grasp is its sheer variety of styles. Some emerge & flourish for a few years & then drop out of fashion‚ to be replaced by another mode. This includes: Realism Impressionism Post-impressionism Neo-impressionism Fauvism Cubism Expressionism Surrealism Futurism Minimalism May 1874‚ a group of young artists held their
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