UNDERSTANDING+ANCIENT+DOCUMENTS

__**PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH READING ANCIENT DOCUMENTS**__
===**WHAT ARE SOME PROBLEMS THAT HISTORIANS HAVE WITH READING, INTERPRETING, AND UNDERSTANDING ANCIENT DOCUMENTS?** WHAT FACTORS CAN PREVENT THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO READ THEM? HOW MAY THE CONDITION AND AGE OF A DOCUMENT AFFECT THEIR EFFORTS? WHY MAY PROBLEMS STILL EXIST EVEN IF THE DOCUMENTS CAN BE READ? MAXIMUM OF 10 COMMENTS.===

1.Often times, ancient documents have already been translated several times by earlier peoples. Historians must then trace the document's origin. Sometimes documents are in pieces or worn away; historians must then piece the documents back together in order to gain any knowledge from them. (agr)

2. The way that some people talk many years ago is much different from the way we talk today. When historians try to read these documents, they may can translate it but it may not make sense to the historian just because of the way the words are ordered.(WCo)

3.Historians may be able to translate the document but often times the true meaning of the words are difficult to discern. (aco)

4.Sometimes the document could have been ripped and it is very hard to figure out the what the document said with half of each sentence missing. (thu)

5. Much of what is translated cannot be understood from modern viewpoint, simply because of the changes in culture that has developed over time. The more remote an enviroment and cultural existance these documents have sustained in, the more difficult it is to find meaning or importance in ancient writings. (hpo)

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