GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Who is the founder of Greek historiography?
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Aristotle
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Herodotus
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Thucydides
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Hippocrates
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -He is known for having written the Histories – a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus was the first writer to perform systematic investigation of historical events. He is referred to as “The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thucydides has been dubbed the father of “scientific history” by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.
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