Ancient history

different genres. History could be categorized for this book since its time and date is in the late eighteen hundred and talks about historical events. The book explains events that truly did happen; such as, the opening day of the fair had a few estimates of how many people attended it which would be around five hundred to six hundred thousand (239). Larson did enough research of the time period and events so that most of the information given in the text is accurate to history. Dates and…

world 's best historian. I had so many plans to give the current generation at that time the best knowledge than any of us had gotten. I gave the world a chance to see History in a new light, the real light of how History happened. My plan was to create and build a time machine for me and my college class to travel back and see History for what it really was. My Goal was to educate the future of the past so they could be recognized for revealing the truth and meaning behind the world’s heritage…

Teacher Told Me, by James Loewen, many different important points are made about how the history textbook industry is corrupt, telling lies, or not telling the whole truth to the young readers. This should be very evident to most people, since textbooks spanning from elementary to high school often tell different pieces of information, and sometimes, complete opposite of those pieces of information. For years, history textbooks have been corrupted by the economically elite, and “teach” children…

According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, a historical novel is set in a period of history and works to convey the social conditions, manners, and spirits of the time in realistic manner. Also, a historical novel may have a mix of historical figures and fictional characters. An author of historical novels may choose focus on a specific event or the overall society and how a particular set of characters is affected by events of the time. Based on this view of a historical novel it may seem as though…

recorded the things around him by inquiring people in different country, is known as the father of history in western literature. He was exiled by his native land and actually, this was an essential opportunity for writing his book The Histories. He was the first one who gives up the tradition of recording history from Homer. The Histories focuses on criticality and accuracy. His purpose of writing The Histories is to record those tremendous contributions by Hellenes and other barbarians to…

it has become a much sought after fad to gain knowledge of ones heritage. There are several info-commercials encouraging the benefits of searching out heritage. Gaining Knowledge of the history of ones family can provide a recollection of family history (genealogy), personal history, life advice, medical history and past career paths of ones ancestors. Heritage is valued by many cultures. To recognize and honor the past traditions of our ancestors is a tradition in itself that is passed…

Oral history and written accounts are products of memories, which are transformed into text for future civilizations to store and analyze. It is important for different cultures to instigate the importance of retaining memory as it through this trait that their accomplishments and failures will be remembered. Nevertheless, memories face a fatal flaw considering they are the product of humans, who are inevitably driven by specific interests including political, self, and economic to manipulate…

Re-Thinking History by Keith Jenkins is a book that takes a critical look at writing history and how historians have individual approaches to history and the past. Jenkins creates a debate about theories, the definition of history, the question of truth, bias, and history as a science or as an art. He asks similar questions as John Tosh and John H. Arnold. All three challenge previous historians and theories. Jenkins even asks readers what method and ideology would they choose to follow, that of…

all written descriptions of events or narratives employ figurative language constructed in a prose form. He creates this theory to suggest that the written form of the novelist or the poet is shared with that of the historian. In the retelling of history the historian must make sense of writing which has been designed with its own designated beginning, middle, and end and is enforced with a political point of view or author agenda, a process similar to what a novelist or poet might do. White…

The two strengths of The History of the Modern World are its use of images and its reading level. While the content is unfit for student consumption it is presented in an immensely palatable manner. The writing is concise and uses appropriate vocabulary for a freshman - low level junior in high school. Key words and phrases are written in the margins next to the paragraphs that define them, which helps students identify key sections of the reading when studying for exams. Sub sections are all…