Question

why do we divide history into different periods ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

ᴡᴇ ᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴇ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀy ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴩᴇʀɪᴏᴅꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴇᴀꜱɪʟy. ɪꜰ ᴡᴇ ᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴇ ɪᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴩᴇʀɪᴏᴅꜱ ᴛʜᴀɴ ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴇᴀꜱɪᴇʀ ꜰᴏʀ ᴜꜱ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴩᴇʀɪᴏᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴋɪɴɢ. .

Answer 2

Answer:

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.