History
See also: History of wildfire suppressionThe earliest known fire lookout in the world was on Mount Masada, west of the Dead Sea in present day Israel, approximately 2,000 years ago. It was built by King Herod's army to protect against his enemies, who were setting fires in Israel.
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“The principle office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.”
—Tacitus (c. 55–117)
“All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“If man is reduced to being nothing but a character in history, he has no other choice but to subside into the sound and fury of a completely irrational history or to endow history with the form of human reason.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)