Question

why do we associate history with a string of dates​

Answer 1

Answer:

We continue to associate history with a string of dates because the events occur in a chronological order and that helps to study the cause and effect relationship.

Answer 2

Answer:

There used to be a time when historians were preoccupied with specific dates like when a king is born, marries, fights etc. 2. With time, historians have started to focus on many other events, processes and issues whose exact date cannot be always traced.