About history

[SysLord]

It's interesting to see how many people perceive as history being a box of facts and figures, a never-ending string of events, actions, decisions in which mostly the 'famous' people play a bigger part in. Yet to me history is what happens below the surface of these 'fact file' events, it's about trends, shifts in attitudes and cultures etc. Let's say a thousand years from now, what do you think will be perceived as more important as singular event: the start of WW II or the discovery of oil by an unknown Polish farmer? Think about the consequences both events had on world history on a long-term scale.

[Diva]

True, and remember the most important factor in all of this. History is biased. Depending upon who writes it, the 'facts' will change. Heros become self serving and foes become 'determined'. Globally the historical 'facts' change hue, and then the next generation changes it again.

[Jake]

It would be interesting to put history books side by side from all over the world and see how many discrepancies there are. I wonder how many heros would be foes right now?