Why do you like History?

Question

Why do you like History?

Answer 1

that is the question of my life. lol i dont really know why i just love it. i think the old life is better than the 21st century

Answer 2

It helps us to understand the world in which  we r living . One must know his past to perfect his/her future

Answer 3

I think its fascinating to see how other people lived, what trials they went through compared to our own lives. We worry about the price of gasoline and not affording gas to drive 30 miles to work each day; three hundred years ago that was a over a day's travel time, one way. We live in the first society to suffer massive obesity; famine has been mankind's companion throughout history. Don't like the dentist or doctor? Think about when surgeries were without anesthesia or sterile techniques, or a drunk barber might pull out your teeth.

   Also, it helps us identify possible troubles in the future. By studying how a Hitler comes to power, just maybe enough people will recognise it the next time someone like him comes forth. And if you're going to get into a war, you darn well better study how battles have been fought through history, so that you can avoid getting your butt kicked in the same way as others have.

   And, it's just FUN. Check out a Renaissance Faire sometime. Or any recreationist event. At the worst, you'll be amused at the craziness of some people. At best, well, you can build up costumes and uniforms piecemeal over time...

Answer 4

I like World War Two and many people my age barley know anything about it. History helps me by solving problems, reading about brave men, and honoring those men.

Answer 5

Basically because it explains who we are and where we come from. History gives me an idea of what my ancestors went through. For instance, I had a relative who fought in the Revolutionary War.  In lieu of pay, he was given land in eastern Kentucky.  I still have hillbilly relatives who live on that same land today.

My great great grandfather left Tennessee to fight for the Union during the Civil War.  While in boot camp, he got a girl pregnant.  If he hadn't done that, I wouldn't be here today.

One of my uncles was on one of the first boats to hit the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.  He survived, most of his colleagues did not.

There's a lot of history in each of us. A lot more than we can ever read about in books.

Answer 6

"Knowing the past is the key to unlocking the future."

It's amazing to see how far we've come, just in the last two hundred years.

Look at all the things we've done- photographs, film, music innovations, complex musical instruments, computer technology, light technology without fire, internet, complex telescopes, satellites, airplanes, cars... These are all innovations of the last two centuries. It's hard to imagine living without them, but up until two hundred years ago, people did. That's why I'm interested.

Answer 7

In a sense by looking backward we are looking forward.

When we learn from our mistakes, as history among other things often repeats itself, then our futures will be shaped. So by looking back, we're moulding our lives, our hopes, dreams and what have you.

So really, when I talk to my grandfather about my family I think "And this person's blood runs through my veins? We are one?" Now, hey, that is a very small fragment of blood running through my veins - but it boggles me to think without this person I would not even exsist, think or breathe and without their actions my life could have been dramatically different.

As for myself being into history beyond my family tree...well that is grace of my father, his knowledge of the human race pools towards WWII, though born after it, he's deeply interested. Me? I stretch towards Catherine de'Medici, Henri II, Elizabeth I of England - get the picture? Love that gang.

If you've ever read the book 'The Source' by James A. Michener you'd understand completely what I love about history. That book touchs from bottom to top every layer of history, each breathtakingly important footstep in one corner of our world - it's marvellous -long- but worth it every word. I'm reading it again as we speak.

Cheers!