Which of the following statement(s) is/are true? A : When historians read documents, maps and texts from the past they have to be sensitive to the different historical contexts. B : Past was different for different groups of people. Choose the correct option.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are true? A : When historians read documents, maps and texts from the past they have to be sensitive to the different historical contexts. B : Past was different for different groups of people. Choose the correct option. Correct Answer <span style="">Only A</span>
When historians read documents, maps and texts from the past they have to be sensitive to the different historical backgrounds – the contexts – in which information about the past was produced.
- They should keep in mind the different historical background. Equally important is the fact that the science of cartography differ from period to period.
- Historians are to be careful about the terms they use because their meanings go on changing with the change in time.
- If a historian fails to do so, the entire interpretation may result in disastrous because it way conveys to a different concept and its past.
- Past was different for different groups of people because different people, such as kings and farmers, live very different lives. So their pasts must also have been very different. For example, they must have celebrated birthdays in very different ways, or lived in very different types of homes and families.
- Kings spent a lot of money to record their lives and wars. But the lives of ordinary people, such as farmers, hunters, herders, gatherers, and craftspeople, are not recorded.
- So historians and archaeologists study as many different pasts as they can.
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