Why should people study history?

It is important for people to study history because so that they do not make the same mistakes they made in the past. People say that "history repeats itself" and in some cases it is true in others it isn't, it is still important to be aware of the possible problems. Knowing about our past is to be able to know our ancestors and to know more about your culture, religion and customs. Without history people will not develop because people don't add to what they found. Lets take for example scientists, when they find something important they write it down into a lab report and give the opportunity for others to try i and be able to add something if possible. Then we they do the experiment they find out that something is wrong and they can change it. This is how they are adding to the discoveries of other scientist and this develops our lives and world.