...ecords and explains past events
4 a : events that form the subject matter of a history b : events of the past c : one that is finished or done for d : previous treatment, handling, or experience (as of a metal)
So we see the first definition of history is that it is a story. We are born into a place we did not create, something we have no previous knowledge of and concepts and ideas that are completely foreign to us. With time our awareness of our world extends beyond our household, neighborhood and region to encompass many other parts of the world. All facets of our existence are products of much longer periods of development, and their permanence and change remain only dimly evident to us until we begin to learn something about the past. We learn this via traditional (schools) and non-traditional (social interaction) means about the prior events that shape and mold us. This helps to understand where we came from and where others have gone.
If you have ever traveled even within this country, from one coast to the other, you will find cultural differences that are due to history. In the northeast, we see a culture rich in the American Heritage; in the south, we still see the ravages of a C...