what is the point of studying history?

If you don't know where you have been, you won't know where you are and you may not end up where you want to be and you won't know how to get back on track to get to where you want to go.

And those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.

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Modern history is important. It has shaped our world. Not sudying history means you're ignorant.

"Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it." Abraham Licoln

yeah, we can't change history. but we can fully understand our present situation by looking back to our past. forgetting our past is synonymous to forgetting brilliant persons like Einstein, Da Vinci, Roosevelt etc.

Past experiences also inspire and challenge us.

"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it."

Sorry, I can't remember who said that. ^

It our countries way of 'conforming' children...

so it wont happen again.