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Why is it so difficult for historians to arrive at an interpretation of past events that is universally accepted?
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Historians' own points of view influence how they draw conclusions from evidence.
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Historians with different points of view may interpret the same sources in different ways.
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Historians have different biases and points of view that influence their interpretations. (Apex)
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Interpretations differ because they are written for different audiences. Historians select information and when they write they can distort information to make their arguments stronger. Historians change their views when they discover new evidence. Some interpretations portray victims in a more sympathetic way than perpetrators.
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Primary sources may be incomplete or contradict other sources.
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∙ 12y agoBecause people have different viewpoints.
Some interpreted World War 2 as cleaning the world of Jews.
Others interpreted it as genocide.
It's all about belief.
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Along the same lines, different groups will have different vested interests in the outcomes of certain historical conflicts. So they will attribute different motivations to the main players than others from different positions. It wouldn't be difficult to find statements or writings of individuals to support any number of different motivations that they might have had. Also, some events may be glossed over, forgotten, or intentionally 'hidden' in order to support what a person really believes to be the true interpretation. Other groups will bring those same things to the forefront, and will gloss over the things considered important by the first group. It is very, very difficult to get history 'straight' and to interpret it objectively, if it is even possible.
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Interpretations differ because they are written for different audiences. Historians select information and when they write they can distort information to make their arguments stronger. Historians change their views when they discover new evidence. Some interpretations portray victims in a more sympathetic way than perpetrators.
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