History gives us a framework in which to shape our lives

We can look to the past to help us understand the world as it is today because overall, people don't change. The ways we run our governments and societies, produce food, create technology are largely consistent. There is even technology in the past that rivals our own, such as the mysterious Baghdad Battery^[1] found in Khujut Rabu. There is even some ancient tech that is more advanced than our own.^[2] Having a working knowledge of the past can help us as we continue to shape the world and the way things are done across all eras and cultures.^[3] We can use what we have learned about the world to build a framework for our lives in the present, using both our mistakes and our successes to work towards building our futures.^[4]

[P1] People across eras and cultures are fundamentally the same. We can learn about our world today by studying the way the world worked in the past. [P2] People in the past were smart, and their tech was sound and functional. There is even technology in the past that rivals our own.