History is unimportant.?

Question

Out of all the billions of planets, who cares what happened in a certain time period here. Why is it important that random ****** was president for years XXXX-XXXX. Who will care about movement figures. Everyone is too caught up in their daily lives to notice. Perhaps in the final hour of their deathbed they will. Or will they only reflect on temporary worthless history?

your thoughts gentlemen?

Answer 1

"Those that fail to remember the past are condemned to repeat it." If we choose not to study or learn about the history of the world and its results the mistakes of the past will continue to be repeated over and over again. History is much more than rote memorization of dates of historical events. It is the study of interpersonal relationships between people their culture and the interactions between the two throughout the centuries. The only "stupid" thing about history is the failure of some to recognize how the past influences the future.

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Answer 2

"Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it." Maybe memorizing random facts is not as important, but we definitely need to know what has happened in the past to understand the present. For example, some of the causes of the crisis in the Middle East are as follows:

1. For hundreds of years, there was a series of Crusades fought against the Muslims by European Christians to take back Jerusalem, even though the Muslims had lived there peacefully long before they began. The Muslims were a civilized people, unlike many of the Crusaders, who often killed everyone in sight, including Jews and other Christians who already lived there.

2. Prior to the Inquisition, many Muslims lived in parts of Europe, such as Gibraltor in Spain and portions of France. They had lived there for about 800 years when Christian Europeans decided they needed to go back "home" and forceably removed them. This is also why attacks by the Barbary pirates were so ferocious--many of them were Muslims, and they saw their attacks on Europe as a form of Jihad.

3. At the turn of the century, England controlled a large part of the Middle East as one of its colonies. Winston Churchill carved up the region after WWII into countries with little or no regard for what people were included in which nations. That's why the Kurds mainly live in 3 separate countries, why Israel was placed where it was, etc.

Gives you a little more insight into why some Muslims hate us so much, doesn't it?

Answer 3

"History repeats itself, coiling down into the future"

Everything in life is a cycle. Fashion, music, war, politics, weather patterns, ect... everything is repeated. It may not be obvious in all cases, but think about it.

Right now, one of the biggest arguments is global warming. Some say it's a pattern, some say it's mans' effect on nature, and other says it's a combination of both. I tend to agree with the latter. I think were acting as a catalyst for a natural phenomenon.

War, too, is like this. If we understand previous transgressions, perhaps we can avoid current and/or future strife.

The strongest philosophers understood history. History allows us insight into mankind's' thoughts, reasoning, ect. We have the ability to understand the decisions made in that time period and gauge why or why they were not correct. It's the easiest way for us to learn from mistakes other made in the past.

I think those who don't see the value of history, don't understand the present or where we are right now. History can answer the "why, hows, and whats?"

Answer 4

historic previous is "unimportant" simply by fact no count number what took place interior the previous, human beings infrequently learn the teachings it held. interior the tip human beings will do what ever they prefer to, and consequently they are already doomed to replica it.