HIS-1101 Lecture 1: History vs Prehistory
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The problem of history vs. prehistory: prehistory- events prior to 3500 bce. History- events since 3500 bce: all history written prior to 1830s- amateur, religious trading- priestly class often literate. Biblical traditions- 3 faiths/differences/literal metaphor: political tradition- ex. Napoleo(cid:374): (cid:862)(cid:373)erely the lie agreed upo(cid:374)(cid:863: literary tradition- professional literatti (writers) Jea(cid:374) arouet (cid:894)voltaire(cid:895): (cid:862)history is the a(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:373)ulated (cid:272)ri(cid:373)es (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)itted (cid:271)y the li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g against the dead(cid:863: scientific revolution creating further problems with chronology. Charles darwin: descent of man: 1872: scopes trial (1925-1926)- butler act outlawed evolution in tennessee. John t. scopes- science teacher, trial and conviction. Ge(cid:374)tle(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s agree(cid:373)e(cid:374)t- academia will tolerate all traditions: 1989- dna study shows humans and chimps share 98. 2%
