GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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a historian
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the only witness to an event
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someone who lived at the time
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the most well-respected scholar of a given subject
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Detailed explanation-1: -A primary source is a first-hand or contemporary account of an event or topic. They are the most direct evidence of a time or event because they were created by people or things that were there at the time or event. These sources have not been modified by interpretation and offer original thought or new information.
Detailed explanation-2: -“A primary source is firsthand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation.
Detailed explanation-3: -What are primary sources? Primary sources are the raw materials of history-original documents and objects that were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts that retell, analyze, or interpret events, usually at a distance of time or place.
Detailed explanation-4: -A primary source is testimony or direct evidence in the form of anything from documents (diaries, interviews, footage, letters, minutes, official records), to creative works (music, poetry, art, video) to artifacts (tools, pottery, furniture).