History

Re:My favorite history quote(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2007.02.04 3:17 (#17874696) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2007.02.03 3:10)
History consists of the endless combination of cause and result, so it's not permissable for us to utter the word 'if'. If there hadn't been such events, the world might have changed a lot. et.al..Those sound meaningless in a study of history.
We usually have to assume what really occurred from past records both in bibliographical and archaeological ways. If we only rely on bibliographical study in deciding what really occurred, we might be misled. Because those descriptions are often subjuct to being rewritten later. Archaeological evidence helps us to determine what really occurred. But unfortunately lack of evidence in archaeology does not prove that there were no such events in the past.
We have nothing for it but to construct generally what history is from what really occurred in the past refering to lots of bibliographical study and archaeological evidence. In short, history is neither to condemn nor deny, it is but to understand.
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