Why is summarizing an important skill for historians to practice? Give an example of how a historian might use summarizing to study the past.

Summarizing is important because it makes the information easier to understand. for example, let’s say the topic was why we invaded sicily during wwii. i could go into great detail about each of the operations and what their purpose was, going way back in history to find a bunch or causes, picking through every decision made at every level of the army or i could summarize and say we invaded sicily since we weren’t ready to invade germany, and we diverted german troops from russia. what could have been a whole paragraph on the subject was just narrowed down to a sentence. hope that helps :D