History

The "history of the present" has the ability to change everything. Just like the Sex Pistols are linked to a major event in history, historical events have the ability to influence what people buy and events that proceed the "history of the present". I recently watched a documentary called Black Gold, and it talks about how Ethiopians are affected by Americans love of coffee. Because of the present history happening there, I don't drink coffee from Starbucks. It is events like that are prime examples of "history of the present". This "history of the present" creates an much more complex timeline. Because history can change the history of the present, ancient history is then connected to present history. This makes it so that there are different layers of history, saying that Hitler was foolish to try to invade Russia, but that event was actually cause because Russia was more prepared to fight after the Napoleonic Wars.