about History!!!!!!1?

Question

The griot in the Sundiata said, “I teach kings the history of their ancestors so that the lives of the ancients might serve them as an example, for the world is old, but the future springs from the past.” Is this the role of history?

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Answer 1

I'm not sure I understand you question but I'm correct you're asking if it's the role of history is to educate the present in order to secure the future, I suppose you could say yes. Basically, the kings were taught history not only for understanding but also to learn from past mistakes and to capitalize on ideas, traditions, etc., that did work. You see this quite often in every day life. We know, for example, from past experience, that if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. We know that we can help third world countries by giving them supplies, or we can teach them agricultural skills, or how to build irrigation systems so they can become self sufficient. In the comment, "...the future springs from the past." I think the point is we learn much about what or what not to do based on the lessons we have learned. Another point could be that we are a culmination or our past. The reason there exists such differences between cultures is because our histories vary so widely. People from Asia, Europe, South America, North America are the same in that we all have arms and legs. However, our histories and cultures make us so different, getting along is, at times, difficult. And if I misunderstood your question, Never mind. :-)

Answer 2

Yes that is the reason for history. Most specifically the future springs from the past. Your going to have to read about modern trends in the academic world. Its not just about great men great wars and the flow of the narrative. Its not about progress, white mans burden, or the perfection man kind. The moral cautionary tales are still embedded in the fabric, but it is about how and why, and with what and when/where. Its about all the disciplines of science examining the historical record, not just the words of that record, not the finest examples of the surviving material cultures, but a lot of pawing thought the rubbish pits and latrines, reading the stains in the earth, making graphs and statistical collections of physical remains, garbage, crap, waste and debris. Think how much we could learn about you by going through what you have thrown away and flushed down the drain. What you owed and to who. What you ate and how well your bowels were operating. what you had spent your money on and what percent of your wages it represents. Who your frequently communicated with what you read what you are called. The list goes on and on. This is history too and this knowledge allows historians to compose a real picture of the past that doesn't depend on the opinions of the "Winners"

Answer 3

sure y not

Answer 4

you're welcome