History Lessons?

Question

Is history relevant today,do we learn from it or does it cause many of the prblems we have today?.

Answer 1

History is very much so relevant to what happens in today's world. It's just sad that most of our politicians ignore the hard learned lessons of history. Myself I try not to make the same mistake twice and also try to learn from other peoples misfortunes or experiences.

Answer 2

A knowledge of history is essential to understanding what's going on in the world today. You find out exactly why certain groups of people behave the way they do, and why our society is set up the way it was. If it weren't for history, we wouldn't understand that part of the reason the Muslims hate us so much is our inhumane treatment of them throughout the Crusades--we literally took no prisoners, killing everyone in sight. They still think of us as barbarians because of the way we acted then. Our contact with them and their culture, though, was part of what pulled us out of the Dark Ages and into the Renaissance--they were far advanced in astronomy, mathematics, literature, and many other things. Learning history would prevent many of the problems we are experiencing now. We need to look into the past to see what motivates others, so we can act in a way that does not insult them, and which helps us understand them.

Answer 3

History as a string of facts is useless, just what happened next and when and who. History is important and relevant when it teaches you why and how, and what things have caused what other things to happen. Dumb people say "Yeah, but it wouldn't happen like that again". Smart people say "Yeah, that shows us what people are like, give them the same situation and they'll do the same again". So if we understand history, we can avoid repeating some mistakes.

Answer 4

History is fast forgotten. For example, the Regean Administration provided weapons to Saddam Hussein during the 1980's during the Iran / Iraq war. Additionally it was our financial assistance that underwrote Iraq's development of the chemical weapons used against Iran.

Answer 5

unfortunately we are the only animal unable to learn from its mistakes. And the lessons of history aren't always as accuratly painted, depending upon which side you are. As Napoleon said it "History is the version of the facts the majority of the people decided to agree upon.)

Answer 6

if everyone was forced to learn the history of the middle east certainly since 1850 then we would be a lot closer to finding a solution to the problem

Answer 7

I think we learn from history where we come from and it gives us a sense of belonging, but i dont believe we learn from any of the bad things, like war and stuff, because it seems history keeps repeating itself (ie Israel invasion of Lebanon)

Answer 8

The saying that history repeats itself is very true. Mankind makes the same mistakes over and over.

Answer 9

if we don't know our past then we don't know our future. the us constiution is history and we most certainly use it today. the vietnam war taught us not to fight wars alone. we must have allies. history has countless useful tips. WWI and WWII should excite anyone. if not, then there is something wrong with those people. those were very important times.

Answer 10

yes, and it does not only apply to political history. Detectives read up old cases; business students also read case studies; scientists read old research papers, and so on. Why? To broaden their knowledge and experience and to make sure they do not repeat mistakes.