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A list of mistakes to be minded as a history teacher or historian?
cf. 5 Historical methods: "... seven mistakes that he thought that historians regularly committed". Are there no such guidelines? Herewith a kick-off:
...Partisanship towards a creed or opinion... to sensationalize historical events and, in particular, exaggerate numerical figures...
...Over-confidence in one's sources...
...The failure to understand what is intended...
...A mistaken belief in the truth... he was aware that much knowledge of the past had been lost ...
...The inability to place an event in its real context
...The common desire to gain favor of those of high ranks, by praising them, by spreading their fame...
...The most important is the ignorance of the laws governing the transformation of human society...
...not taking into account the number of inhabitants, exponential évolution of population density, population growth, the impact of diseases, nr of military, natural phenomenon, climate, évolution of these numbers...
