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What is history about?
At its core, History is a Social Science. History, in all of its lessons and interesting stories is fundamentally about people and human nature. Why do peo…ple do the things we do? How can we explain human behavior? Under what circumstances do people take certain actions, and in what circumstances do they take surprising actions? By examining events where humans have already shown a behavior, we can compare their situations to a modern context and draw conclusions as to what the beneficial outcomes of a given scenario might be, or what the likely outcomes of a future scenario are likely to be. At the end of the day, it's a Social Science. We look at the past, but we do so to learn about people today. (MORE)
