Why are we studying history ❓ what we get from history ?

Why do we study it? we study history to know what it was like in the past and think of how did we change from past to present. what we get from history? we get information about who and what helped from then to now and how we became one country if you're talking about America.

It taught people how to live a good life, but not what to believe.

The answer should be europe