Question

What does time mean for historians? How does it help them?

Answer 1

Time, for historians, doesn't mean just a passing of hours, days or years. Instead it reflects changes in social and economic organisation, in the persistence and transformation of ideas and beliefs. In order to study historical developments historians divide the past into large segments. It makes the study convenient. The historians study different aspects of the specific period and then assess the comparative developments their impact on society and their contribution to the future generation.