examine figure 2. the maxim gun was one of the first machine guns invented, and WWI was the first war to be fought using machine guns. what effects do you think the use of maxim gun in WWI had on the number of casualties (deaths and injuries) ?

The Maxim Gun had taken an extreme toll of casualties due to the way of warfare during World War One. As waves upon waves of soldiers would attack the other sides trench, the Maxim Gun had kept the aggressors in bay. Not like a conventional rifle with one shot then cocking your gun, the Maximum Gun had sprayed bullets everywhere it aimed taking down a vast amount of soldiers. This gun was revolutionary as it was the first fully automatic weapon.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: