RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of source is this? A website that summarizes Ancient Roman mythology
A
Primary
B
Secondary
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This is a primary source because the map was created during ancient times. An ancient tablet of Babylonian King Hammurabi’s Code of LawsAncient artifacts are primary source. Therefore, this is a primary source.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Primary Source is information that was created at the same time as an event or by a person directly involved in the event. Diaries, speeches, letters, official records, autobiographies. A Secondary Source gets its information from somewhere else or by a person not directly involved in the event.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed c. 1755–1750 BC. It is the longest, best-organised, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon.

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