Writing history as if every event is inevitable is probably what has turned more students off the study of history than anything else, the notion that history is fixed and pre-determined.
Perhaps that’s why more students are attracted to modern history than ancient history. Humans seem to have a greater ability to shape recent events than ancient ones.
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