16th Mar 2010
?It is Herodotus. He founded the Greek tradition of writing history. While he used no sources, he traveled to the sites that he was writing about. He used prose which was a novel idea because most before him wrote in dactylic hexameter. He also weaved some tall tales that may have been exaggerated.
The second tradition of writing is the Jewish tradition. They use genealogies to show sorces and divine inspiration.
In short, Herodotus.Thucydides. See the link below for more infoI will use the same link as the first poster, and say that the name that popped into my head is mentioned on the site in the context I remember, as "The Father of History"--Herodotus.
He was the first person to have tried to organize the way we looked at the past.
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/Plai...
Perhaps:
Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (838-923)I'm not sure what you are asking for. One of the best historians of all ages was Will Durant. If you want someone who lived in that period, can you narrow down the time period?#If you have any other info about this subject , Please add it free.# |
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