The Study of History

History Extended : Foundations for Studying History

by Yudi Priyanto

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What does history mean to you?

​Goals

​Deep Comprehension about :

• A Perspective on History

• History and Civil Government

• The Beginning of Languages, Nations, and Races​

​History is the memory of mankind-the written

record of what men have done with the time

God has given them

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The study of history is important because

each generation needs to know about the

people, events, and ideas of former generations

in order to make wise decisions in the present.

It tells us that world history

began with God’s creation of the first man and

woman. Man is special to God because he

alone was created in the image of God. Man’s

special characteristics include: (1) language

and thought, (2) awareness of the difference

between right and wrong, and (3) freedom to

make choices.

(Gen. 3:1-19). Because man fell

through rebellion against God, history’s pages

are filled with stories of revolution,

war, sickness, poverty, crime, hunger, and death-the terrible consequences of sin.

History is a story of progress as well as of decline.

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​History is not an account of tragedies alone but that its pages are also filled with stories of noble deeds, courage, honor, love, devotion, and the

pursuit of truth and virtue.

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History records such accomplishments as the building of great cities, nations, and empires; the invention of new and

wonderful devices; and the creation of great works of art, music, and literature

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What is the relationship between history and God?

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To what extend that studying history is important for mankind?

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What was the first event to notify the pages of human history?

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What kind of events that exist in human history?

History is divided into two great time periods designated as “before Christ”

(B.C.) and “in the year of our Lord” (Latin: anno Domini, A.D.).

Because God has seen fit to reveal to

us the beginning, the middle, and the end of

history, we can understand more than just the

whats, whens, and wheres of historical

events.

We can begin to answer the greater questions the

whys of history.

Historians have also traditionally divided time into three eras:

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(1) ancient history, from the beginning of recorded history (c. 4000 B.C.) until the fall of the Roman Empire (c. A.D. 500);

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(2) medieval history,from the beginning of recorded history (c. 4000 B.C.) until the fall of the Roman Empire (c. A.D. 500);; and

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(3) modern history, from the beginning of the Protestant Reformation until the present

Multiple Choice

Medieval history

• from the beginning of recorded history (c. 4000 B.C.) until the fall of the Roman Empire (c. A.D. 500);

• from the beginning of recorded history (c. 4000 B.C.) until the fall of the Roman Empire (c. A.D. 500)

• from the beginning of the Protestant Reformation until the present

Draw

Draw the World Historical timeline according to the historians, completed with years period.

One important aspect of history is the development of governmental structures through the ages.

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​WHY?

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​Government is an institution that has both authority and power to control, direct, and to rule in the actions and affairs of others.

The power and authority that government

possesses comes from God (Rom. 13).

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Because God is sovereign (that is, God has supreme

power over all nations, rulers, and individuals), all governments and their respective behavior are accountable to God. Good government will

reward righteous behavior and punish wicked behavior.

The Tower of Babel. THE BEGINNING OF LANGUAGES, NATIONS, AND RACES.

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The story of Noah’s three sons-Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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The descendants of Noah’s son Shem made

their home in Asia. Modern Arabs, Jews, the

people of the Arctic regions, and possibly those

of the Pacific islands are also descendants of

Shem. The first Native Americans, possibly

descendants of Shem, could have come to

America by way of a land bridge across the

Bering Strait (between Alaska and Russia).

Noah’s son

Ham may have remained in Shinar. Others may

have traveled to modern Africa, Pakistan,

India, Australia, and the islands of the Aegean Sea and

of the South Pacific. They may have migrated

from the cradle of the human race by water.

The descendants of Japheth originally

inhabited the region of the Caucasus Mountains.

They then spread into Europe, Russia, the Indian

subcontinent, and parts of the Middle East. The

Japhetic peoples spoke a common language

known as Indo- European, which began diverging

into the ancient and modern tongues of India

and Europe well before 2000 B.C. About

half the people in the world speak one of the

approximately 50 Indo-European languages.

Multiple Choice

Inhabited the region of the Caucasus Mountains is the descendants of . . .

• Sem

• Ham

• Japheth

History is primarily the account of God's dealings, in blessing or judgment, with men and nations. It is a written record of what man

has done with the time God has given him.