Question

How do historians divide the past into periods do they face any problem?

Answer 1

Answer:

They divide it by testing how old the past is by books. Yes they also face a lot of problem. Sometimes wrong information wiould be given to wrong topic.

Answer 2

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.