How we know what we think we know about history

From the very first assignment in this course which was a reading log on Belshaw’s textbook, I have looked at history differently. That first reading had more impact on me than any reading since. It really made me think about the steps that historians go through when analyzing sources. He wrote that there is no reason to learn history unless there is credible proof, reliability, and verification behind an author’s theory. This deep analysis, provokes thinking about “how we know what we know about history.”

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