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History is the image of the past created by the play of imagination and intellect on the materials left by earlier generations. Research has shown that all people, primitive and civilized, have had their historians who told their narratives in epic poems or in prose. (Adapted from Collier's Encyclopedia, vol.12, 1992) History, as commonly understood, may refer to events themselves or to the record of events. (Adapted from Collier's Encyclopedia, vol.12, 1992) I believe that history is what made us what we are today and it defines our culture and our existence, not to mention our daily life. History is the chain of significant events that has occurred throughout the years. If for whatever reason, one event was somehow different, the whole chain would change and the future, which is our present, would be different. Why? Simply because history decides the fu