Question

how do historians divide the past into period? do face any problems in doing so?​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Historians divide the past into periods based on the economic and social factors which characterize them.
• In doing so they are faced with two problems.
• First, economic and social changes keep taking place hence definite boundaries cannot be drawn.
• Second, these periods are compared with modernity.
• Modernity gives a sense of progress.
• This implies that there was no progress before, which is not true.

Answer 2

Answer:

Historians divide the past into periods on the basis of continuity as well as economic and social factors to characterise the major elements of different moments of the past. This continuity is further based on – Coins, Inscriptions, Architecture, Textual records.

But they had to face difficulties in doing.

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