is learning world history important at all in real life?

Answer 1

Absolutely.

The knowledge of History is one of the determinate factors in whether you are speaking to a fool.

When a man mentions how the Romans built the pyramids or how the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, he is laughed at.
As he should be.

Answer 2

Beyond all shadow of a doubt!

Nothing happens in a vacuum--there are always causes that, in many cases, go back centuries.

Take what is happening in the Middle East, for example. Some of the roots of this conflict t date back to the Middle Ages--we're talking literally a thousand years--and the bad blood between Arabs and Jews goes back a couple of millennia before that.

What's more, if we look carefully at what has occurred throughout world history in different times and places, we begin to see that, sooner or later, anything old will be new again.

I remember the Vietnam War, and the parallels between it and the Iraq War are there for anyone with eyes to see. It's an unpopular war, the death toll is mounting, and the enemy doesn't fight conventionally. Their tactics are stealth and terror, not open battle.

So, I would urge you to take seriously the study of history--you can learn a lot from it that applies to present-day life.

Answer 3

Wrestling history are the bricks that Wrestling is built on. Without that wrestling in general would mean nothing. Who could picture professional wrestling without names like Hulk Hogan, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, undertaker,Rick Flair, Sting, Ultimate Warrior and Macho Man Randy Savage. Wrestling has changed so much since Wrestlemania 1 and gone through so many different eras.The product has evolved to where it is now and whether you like it or not, the fact it is still going is a testament to the skills of superstars who were building the business all those years ago and who are still holding the reins of this profession.Vince Mcmahon, Pat Patterson, Jerry Brisco, Robert Remus. Yes its important to know the history to enjoy the product. And just as a point to a previous post, Kane did debut in 1997. Glen Jacobs debuted in 1995 but as Issac Yankem and not Kane.

Answer 4

Easy example. You know all those taxes that everyone in the US is paying and that end up being wasted in the form of missiles and bullets murdering innocent civilians? You know that all that money is not being used in disaster relief, road paving, schools, or things which you would generally like your own tax dollars to go to. And you know that the reason why your money is being spent half a world away is because the government claims that terrorism is a direct threat to your person and that if you stopped giving them your tax-dollars or demanded they be used in something that more directly benefits you, like free concerts, public parks or free college education, the terrorists would wipe you off the map.
Well, a knowledge of world history, particularly the history of the US and its involvement in the Middle East since WWII, and of the UK prior to that, might have made it much more difficult for the government to convince them that it was necessary to give up all that tax-money.
The reasons are quite simple, knowledge of the Hussein regime would have made most people realize that an Al-Qaeda connection was not only unlikely, it would be absurd. Hussein was a secularist, radically opposed to militant islamism. It would have also raised some doubts as to the logic behind waging a war on terror, when as Howard Zinn correctly point out, war it self is terror. And who could believe that the US would wage a successful war against Osama Bin Laded despite the fact that he was a long time ally, trained and armed by the CIA.
These are not conspiracies, this is history. Well documented and infact well known among academic circles. Your question then is very important in the world we live in. A basic knowlege of world history would have made suspect the grouping of Iraq and Iran in the Axis of Evil, since they had just fought a war in the 80's where Iraq was armed by the US. Knowledge of history would have made the US population reluctant to spend its money in the useless carnage of Iraq and Afghanistan. If only US people had known that Hussein was repressed his people with US supplied weapons.

If only people had known a little bit of history.

Answer 5

Is remaining ignorant about world history an admirable quality in real life?

Answer 6

Everything the world has now came from history.

Answer 7

History allows to learn how to make decisions in your job without the risk of living the situation and endangering yourself with the outcome, because finally it shows us the struggle for power of people, how they succeeded or failed and which way they took and were it led to them. And what is the human daily life with a struggle for or against power.

Also you´ll gain historical process awareness that will let you understand situations today with balance and perspective.

Answer 8

Everything that you study is history, no matter the subject... History is not very important in my fake life however.

Answer 9

Certainly. It helps you to tell when your politicians are lying to you. Nobody with any knowledge of the history of the Middle East would have invaded Iraq in the hope of improving the region.

Answer 10

If you don't learn history you'll repeat it. Why do we have to learn Algebra? History tells us who we are because it shows what we were if you understand me.