History is the best temporal thing to learn of

Alright. Let me be more specific. By 'advance' I meant advance technologically. We cannot repeat anything without learning history. we would still go forward through times, as mindless fools, wishing god had never created us. Ah, but wait. Most likely we could not wish, as we exist only in the moment and naught else. Only in a specific point in time would we exist, as truly linear creatures. (Many would argue that we are truly linear creatures, but I say that our memories make us not so.)Our third grade teachers did not tell us specifically to learn history(well, perhaps some did, but that was not my point) but to learn from our mistakes. That is crucial for our survival.As I said before, we cannot replicate it, therefore we cannot do it more. Manufacturing would be impossible, as would technological advancement. If a random scientist creates an antimatter device, but he lost it. That would be terrible, as he would never be able to learn from his success, and therefore replicate it. He would not know how.In your first post you stated that animals did just fine without history. They crap they eat they sleep then crap once more. Personally, I like the computer I'm typing on, the chair I'm sitting in, the bread I just ate, and the clothes I'm wearing. Without history, none of this would be possible. No one could learn anything. After all, where is knowledge stored? In memories. And what are memories but manifestations of the past? We could not learn from our memories, we would never do anything. We would know nothing, have nothing, feel nothing, and indeed, be nothing. Our very existence and identity depends on the fact of our memories. Our individuality, our creativity, our knowledge, all these, as well.Finally, I would like to say that we are history. It is the story of us, it is what defines us. Learning history fills one of the wisest commands I have ever heard, one that is repeated by most every God, the bible, the Oracle of Delphi, and many philosophers- Know Thyself. By learning history, we learn not only of our identity and heritage, but our limits, our humanity, and desires. We learn what is, what is not, all of such things. I see your argument of why geography is important, as it allows us to manipulate our surroundings. But without history, without memory, we can never learn how to manipulate them. Even if we did, it would come to naught, as we could never do it again. A tribesman of an ancient Celtic tribe needs to find some wood for a campfire, in order to stay alive. Geography would allow him to find it, as he learned it and knows it is there, true. Not only is that knowledge part of his memory, however, which is connected to history, but his tribe would not exist, as none would no one from another, and cohesion would be impossible, but the technology for fire would not exist, and there would be a high probability he wouldn't, either, as people wouldn't survive without history and learning from our mistakes. As said before, we'd do the same mistakes over and over again, never learning, never stopping. We may come upon a success once in a while, but there's no guarantee that we will (or can) do it again.To me, that is significantly more important than knowing where to buy food. First, one has to develop technology to make that food. A man has to do that, one who learned from his mistakes and successes, one who reached and sifted throughout his memories to find the knowledge and to apply it. All of this, this world, this society, this everything, ties back to history. History is the beginning of humanity, and the end, and all that is in between.