Some people say that history can teach us many important values and lessons, but others think it is unnecessary to learn from the past. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

It is suggested that
history
can educate us on values and lessons even though others think
that is
is it is useless to learn from the past. In my opinion,I believe that
history
is essential for understanding past events and the preservation of culture
although
it could quite boring, voluminous and lacks some importance in today's world. On one hand,
history
has become beneficial to many
people
.
For instance
, many
people
have relied on
history
to provide information about past happenings,
such
as the world war, slave trade, the fight for women's rights but most importantly ti understand various cultures and languages that have become extinct. To illustrate
this
,
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would give an example, recently there has been a lot of excavation of the tombs of dead
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of
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ancient Egypt.
History
has enabled historian and
archeologists
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the purposes of the burial rites performed on the mummies but most importantly get
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understanding of the earliest civilisation that happened in Africa. By finding
this
important information, a lot of questions have been answered regarding past cultures and traditions and
also
understanding the markings, drawings or writings on the tombs.
On the other hand
,
history
has become distorted in many ways due to certain reasons
such
as; tampering of
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to suit a personal narrative.
For example
, slavery and how it began have been altered tremendously in various historical books to suit absurd religious narratives and
further
romanticise slave owners as good
people
acting on their better judgement.
However
it may be, these books tend to be voluminous, stating falsehood and having no significant relevance or representation of today's world which in my opinion a lot of
people
want to forget due to the horrific circumstances that occurred in the past. In my opinion,
although
, I believe
history
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it holds sentimental value, I
also
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the representations of
history
such
as books and manuscripts are bogus and lack proper evidence to show the actual evident without adulteration of any form. In conclusion, even though
history
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represents, I reckon it is
also
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recorded could be untrue because they are retold stories and we can never be certain of the intentions behind the written information.
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