Use your own example or case study to discuss the limitations of world history. Consider the historical narratives chosen, sources used or ignored, and regions and perspectives emphasised or overlooked
Definition of nation-state and then explain how it has shaped the writing of world history.
3 Use your own example or case study to discuss the limitations of world history. Consider the historical narratives chosen, sources used or ignored, and regions and perspectives emphasized or overlooked. (20 marks)
4 Read Mbembe, Out of the Dark Night and then answer:
4.1 Who is George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel? (5 marks)
4.2 What did Hegel argue about Africa and its place within history? (5 marks)
4.3 Do you agree with Mbembe’s criticism of Hegel? Explain why. (10 marks)
in the new england colony of rhode island colonist were genrally seen as being open minded and what else
the third stage of the historical method is the examination of genuineness of the source or material. Why do you think the genuineness of the material should first be established before the extraction of credible particulars would follow?
What difficulties do historians encounter in using Columbus’ journals and 16th-century European engravings as sources for understanding the encounter between European explorers and indigenous peoples of the New World c. 1492 (The Americas)? How would you advise historians to approach these sources?
In the historical method as discussed by Gottschalk, the third stage of the historical method is the examination of genuineness of the source or material. Why, do you think, the genuineness of the material should first be established before the extraction of credible particulars would follow