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Question by JCA:

What justification is there for a history of the modern world to concentrate on the history of Europe?

This is a very hard question is there someone who can help me with this question is there someone who knows EU history.




Best answer:

Answer by carabatzis_2000
Yeah I studied the modern European Union, but being of greek decent, I'm expected to know Greek, British and Australian history.

First of all, the idea of written, linear history is a European concept. It is not found as much in Asia, where myths and legends are mainly used. Only modern archeology really opened up Asian and African history to the European method. The trouble with this method is that it tends to be very Eurocentric.

But the justification is that we tend to put a lot of emphasis on literal, linear truth, and it is reflected in how we approach history. The western world has the idea that only cold hard facts that can be scientificaly proven would suffice.

There is also the most simple answer which probably makes the most sense - most of the world has been directly shaped by european colonisation. I'm talking about the americas, Australasia, colonial Africa and Asia. Because european history is so dominant in the world, we tend to focus on it.

But as I have realised, history is most definantly subjective, and eurocentric history is not always the best kind.

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