Digital Technology Empowering Historical Research:Historical Evolution,Application Status,and Development
[Purpose/Significance]Empowering historical research with digital technology aims to open up a new path for knowledge presentation by introducing methods such as databases,natural language processing,GIS,VR/AR,etc.Exploring the integration of digital technology and history is beneficial for clarifying its de-velopment and challenges,and providing more insights for promoting interdisciplinary cooperation in digital hu-manities.[Method/Process]This article explored the development of digital technology in history,analyzed its general path and application,and proposed potential problems and prospects for technology empowering history.[Result/Conclusion]The use of digital technology has effectively processed and utilized the massive amount of historical materials in traditional historical research,improved the research efficiency of historical materials,and excavated the correlation and laws of social phenomena.However,it is still inevitably limited by the subjectivity and diversity of historical texts,and the lack of quantification and interdisciplinary cooperation in ancient geo-graphic information.