Tag: Chronology

  • Representation of Chronology and Why It’s Important

    Documentation and recordation is extremely vital to history. Thanks to scholars in the past, we have events in the past we can learn from that allow us to progress. Through chronology, we can see how past events have affected ones that have proceeded them and monitor what is occurring in the world around these events.…

  • Time Visualization: Time Mapper and Time Glider

    Time visualizaion is basically a way to chronologize history events. According to Grafton, people started to do these kinds of things from 500 A.D. (or earlier). This week, I experienced two ways to do time visualization, Time mapper and Time glider. Grafton introduces that the earilist way to do time visulization is to build a chart,…

  • History without chronology…. Good luck………

    If one were to think about it in the most lamest of illustrations, history without chronology would resemble a pot-luck stew. There would be no way of telling what was in there, nor in what order the individual components should be eaten to avoid, quite bluntly, food poisoning. This is why chronology is so important; it gives…

  • The Benefits of Time Maps

    Chronology is very important when studying history, as events must be placed in historical context for us to fully grasp an understanding of what occurred. Chronology helps us to understand why historical events occur, for example what led up to the beginning of a war. Grafton first points out the early significance of chronology, stating…