Usefulness of History

She is the one to identify and know the accumulated experience of humanity during the different periods of her life; Furthermore, its mission is to investigate ways to improve the functioning of human society.

To do this, it follows a methodology (scientific method) procedure that will lead to obtaining knowledge through the use of steps or techniques in documentary research or countryside.
History, like all sciences, relies on other sciences, although it has its own objectives; the reports that it collects from them are valuable for the better development of it. Among the most prominent sciences in this area are:
- Geography: Study the causes, relationships and distribution of physical, biological and social events and phenomena on earth. So it is of utmost importance for the spatial and temporal location of historical events.
- Anthropology: Study fossils to explain things about humanity. Therefore, it becomes essential for the temporal and spatial determination of the human race in the past.

- Archeology: Study the remains of the oldest civilizations. Therefore, it acts as an essential tool in the search for direct and indirect sources for the determination of the facts, spaces and locations of ancient societies in relation to their story.
- Sociology: Study the different forms or social institutions that have existed during the development of humanity. Therefore, its primary function is to help better understand the relationships between the different historical stages of societies and their development in a given time and space.
- Economy: It provides information on the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services that allow analyzing the development of societies.
- Psychology: Its function allows to obtain conclusions about human behavior in society and how it influenced its social, political, economic, religious or cultural development.
It should be noted that there are different types or forms of interpretation of history by the historian, among the most prominent are: the historicism, the idealism and the historical materialism.
In the historicism, the historian interprets by means of the reduction, with an intellectual tendency, the historical facts or conditions belonging to a particular civilization or society.
In the case of idealism, the historian interprets through his ideas, beliefs, assumptions, etc. (It does not take into account the scientific method), the facts or historical conditions belonging to a given society or civilization.
While in the historical materialism, the historian interprets history based on the modes of production, productive forces and relations of production, which predominate in the epoch or period analyzed of a society or civilization determined.