History is a very important subject. It is not the dates and important years only that are to be noted from it. It is a storehouse of wisdom and information.
Earlier very little was said about the common people in it. It contained a chronology of battles and wars between different emperors. This naturally led to wrong idea among the people that kings and the greatmen are the only persons worth studying. But over the decades, the nature of historical studies had undergone a total change. From mere chronicles of kings, personages and their wars, history as now become the scientific study of the peoples of different ages and their problems. In fact, history is the story of creation through the ages. And creation means all men-great or small, and everything else that concerns them-their art and literature, manner and customs. In short it is the story of civilisation.
Modern histories are written on these ideals. They not only touch on the achievements of great men and rulers, but also portrays picture and the life of common men. It now deals with man's struggle with nature and his war against exploitation. Besides, we can also learn how the nations rose and were bound up with one another in weal and woe. These act as morals of history to inspire and guide all mankind.
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