Question

How do historians divide the past into periods? Do
they face any problems in doing so?​

Answer 1

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Explanation:Historians divide the past into large segments—periods—that possess shared characteristics. ... Historians face many problems while dividing the past into periods. The reason is that there was a good amount of technological development in the medieval period which can be called modern in the contemporary context.

Answer 2

Ans. 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.