The study of history has been and will continue to play a major part in the lives of every individual and every community. Our history is our identity telling us where we come from, what we are and what our forefathers did and therefore plays a major in role in our constant search for knowledge and understanding of each other. The most common definition for history is "a) the study of past events, esp. human affairs b) the total accumulation of past events especially in relation to human affairs or to the accumulation of developments connected with a particular nation, person, thing etc. c) a continuous usually chronological record of important or public events." In the second part of the definition the key words are "past events especially in relation to human affairs". History is written by and recorded by humans and there is always an element of bias in it. Because of this we can say that History itself is a very complicated and interesting maze of events which give us hope for the future, insight into the reality that is mankind and the fiction of how the events of our time have been por

History plays an important part in our pursuit of knowledge where we want to acquire it and find the ultimate truth. History is made up of many parts, be it what we perceive as reality and what we logically settle on and discard as truth and fallacy. It is the basis for communication, education and change. And with it (be it myth or reality or both together in harmony) mankind looks to the future for prosperity, change and the ever increasing thirst for knowledge.

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