While it is impossible for historians to know exactly why something in the past happened the way it did, they still use what information they do have in order to make an educated guess as to how we got to where we are today. Interpretations of cultural phenomena can vary greatly from one historian to the next. Ultimately, interpretation is a tool that allows historians to view the same event as having different causes and outcomes. These different insights on history give each individual student (or other knowledge-seeker) something to think about; something that allows them to form their ...
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