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    of the evolution of ideas or events in chronological order. History is frequently applied to study topics such as economics, culture, politics and society. However, it can also be utilized to clarify alternative topics such as science, ideology, technology and more. The challenging aspect of history is to obtain documents and sources that are not biased or are coherent enough to trust. First of all, history is influential because it teaches people in groups, individuals, or as nations how humans

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    We can see remnants of ourselves in the past but not until the 1300s when we start to see a distorted reflection of ourselves. Looking back at how we came to be we can learn about developing ideas that started in the past that we are revisiting once again. We can look back at the path and obstacles we have taken to reach where we are now. Revisiting the later middle ages, the age of the Renaissance, exploration, and reach the new worldview will reveal a lot of our society. The late middle ages were

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    In reading a Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich you realize that history seems so much less complicated when you are the one standing back and reflecting on the past. You realize how easy it is to often forget that every single new idea, religion and war was a struggle that lasted generations upon generations. History is more than just a page or a story, its our account of the world. That goes to show how short life and history is, you realize that history is always repeating, war after

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    “We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.” This quote from George Santayana, Spanish writer and philosopher captures in essence the ambiguous understanding of the future we have developed as a human consciences. The Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery addresses this idea of the ‘yet to come’ in their latest public exhibition which explores a selection of artist’s individual and collective

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    History is described as the timeline of events that can impact the future. History in turn influences everything around us.  One of the most influential pieces of our history is art.  Art is known as “the expression or application of creative skill that is in visual or physical form such as sculpture that is appreciated for its beauty and emotional power from creating the piece”(Oxford press).Art has different uses and means from different eras and times.  Some eras in history use art for ritual

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    all information to make themselves all powerful. They rewrite anything that could go against their views no matter when it happened, "...the past, starting from yesterday, has been actually abolished. If it survives anywhere, it's in a few solid objects with no words attached to them..." (p. 162). To the party any piece of information from any point in the past can be rewritten to help them control how anything is viewed. This point of view allows the party to omit of add whatever they feel necessary

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    History is undeniably an important instrument within society, evoking the human thought process into considering why the world is the way it is, while simultaneously giving the opportunity to learn from the past in a bid to create a brighter future, often debated, however, is the role of the individual within society. During the 19th century, The Great Man Theory was largely popularised, however, today has evolved into Trait Leadership. The underlying thought of this philosophy suggests that individual

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    When thinking about the past and older times your brain will most likely jump to the colonial times and the era of the Civil War. During this time people were evolving and the world was becoming more advanced in technology and other areas. Nonetheless, all the good that happened during these times could not outcast the war and tragedy; and there was lots of it. The time period for this was around the 1600s to 1865. In that long stretch of period lots of events occurred that would forever alter the

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    The history wars of Australia is an area of great controversial debate. Throughout the course of Australian history, the public has been mainly subjected to one perspective that focused on the glorifying moments of European settlement and its progress such as its involvement in world wars and the transition of the nation into a globalised continent. As a result, there is a rigid dichotomy between the perceptions of white Australians and the indigenous population on subjects such as the colonisation

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    interconnectivity between past, present, future, and every living and non-living species on the face of the planet. It explains how deeply every element of the earth is connected and depend on one another and so are past, present, and the future. Every step we take is going to affect all beings in all four corners of the earth. This shows the interconnectivity between humans, their actions, other living beings, and the natural habitats. Bradbury reveals, how present, past and future is tightly connected

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