An opinion on History

Is History all about the past? Is History all about politics? Is it all about older generations which have sailed through time, leaving behind a message to pass on? I see it as a physical manifestation of different realities. Since the dawn of human civilization, a plethora of humans have come and went from this world and each of them has had a different experience of life and we know this because the history was preserved. And because of this, we are able to look in all directions, a mirror image of ourselves, living in different realities all at once. Let us dive into the deep, bottomless waters of the seas of past and present, to discover why is it so important to learn about history and why does it make so much sense now as it did thousands of years ago...