2006-09-14 14:43:05 · 5 answers · asked by rockson_raeven 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
by intense study of documents and relics from the time. pictures will tell them what people looked like, how they dressed etc., writings will tell them about politics, economics and current affairs, household appliances will tell them what and how they cooked and ate, bones will tell them about diseases people might have suffered and so on. to really recrate the past accurately historians should this always use archeological research to back up their findings.
2006-09-14 14:54:33 · answer #1 · answered by nerdyhermione 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does "recreate" mean in this context?
In another vein, historians are actually not very good at predicting the future. They are, however, good at predicting the past.
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2006-09-15 00:43:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can't.
Answer 1 is good but what s/he tells is how historians learn about & understand the past.
2006-09-15 11:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by MBK 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Through novel writing, playwriting, and historical reinactments that are so popular.
2006-09-15 20:15:43 · answer #4 · answered by Bronweyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can't. However, if they use archaeologists findings they can reproduce fairly accurate similarities.
2006-09-15 14:48:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋