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History 134
Politics have existed for thousands of years and has evolved over time. Today in
America, we recently underwent an extreme election, shifting from one political party, to
Two thousand years ago power in empires fell in the hands of one single person with no
separation of powers like many western nations have today. The single ruler had the power to
have his enemies murdered, declare war and tax his people to his personal benefit. Some leaders
were more effective than others and some leaders were liked more than others. It is through
artifacts that are found that explain history and this is how there is evidence, sometimes written,
For thousands of years religion was tied to the government. It was through conquest that
one empire was able to instill their own religion on another empire. This was promoted within
the religion. A ruler would force his people to practice one religion and if they did not, they
would be executed. Many wars, if not most wars in history have been fought over religion, to
either recover holy belongings or to impose one religion on a people. With separation of church
and state and now that more nations than ever have separated these two monsters of power, there
Athens, city in Greece was noted for written account of democracy. Athens constitution
is called a democracy because it respects the interests not of the minority but of the whole
people. When it is a question of settling private disputes, everyone is equal before the law
(Cartwright). Augustus, a ruler in Rome had been telling his people that he was going to bring
peace to Rome. It was difficult for Augustus to end the war. Augustus had ended 100 years of
civil war and achieved over 40 years of internal peace and prosperity. His vision and power had
expanded the Roman Empire to become far more than a collection of countries. Instead, it was a
diverse society and enormous marketplace in which people across Europe, north Africa and the
Middle East could trade and travel under Romes protection. (Augustus). Alexander the Great
from Macedonia was noted for his military skills and he is still studied for his military techniques
today. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia
and northeast Africa, and he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world by the
History provides a cultural literacy: the cultural capital to develop a lens through which
to understand historical names, dates, events, and concepts. (ASCD). Much of our humor,
names and business concepts originate from historical events and people. For example Can I
have your John Hancock? How would someone who never took a history class understand this
discourse?
We need passionate commitment to both job training and liberal learning, especially
when they seem to clash in opposition, so that we are ready to respond to the unexpected events
that life generates. (Perry). This is supporting the argument against STEM curriculum (Science,
through written accounts and learning of history that as the human race we are able to learn from
our mistakes and become a better, more fair society. For example, now as humans we understand
in the United States that equality, democracy, separation of powers, separation of church and
state, freedom and other natural rights are best given to people with no questioning. This may be
an effect of the multiple history classes that students in the United States are required to take.
This is why it is important to take history classes, so that the history that we want to forget does
Skills like writing, and devices like bureaucracy are even older than Christianity, and
concerns that bother us still can be read into the cave paintings left behind by Stone Age hunters
as much as twenty thousand years ago. Only an acquaintance with the entire human adventure on
have resources such as history classes and historic text to look back in time and analyze how an
earlier people responded to a situation and how this affected their lives such as rebellion, war,
impeachment. This is to our advantage because we have the tools to make the best decisions we
Society can be bettered regarding politics if we analyze history for ourselves and make
educated decisions through actions such as voting. Society can also be bettered politically if we
leave out a few of the evils we have studied in this course: violence, discrimination, and
oppression, all of which thankfully, we already have begun to leave in the past. It is only possible
to not repeat the unpleasant history if we learn that it happened and discuss the consequences of
such events.
Works Cited
Gunther, John. "Alexander the Great." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 05 Aug. 2017. Web.
09 Aug. 2017.
Ascd. "What Can History Teach Us Today?" ASCD Express 6.22 - What Can History Teach Us
Perry, David M. "How History Can Help Us Predict the Next Pope." The Atlantic. Atlantic
McNeill, William . "Why Study History." American Historical Association, 1985. Web. 09 Aug.
2017.