CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Herodotus has been called the “father of history.” An engaging narrator with a deep interest in the customs of the people he described, he remains the leading source of original historical information not only for Greece between 550 and 479 BCE but also for much of western Asia and Egypt at that time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Herodotus is considered the father of history because he was the first person to record events as accurately and faithfully as possible. Previously, people around the world only understood the past through myths and legends, rather than as events happened.
Detailed explanation-3: -Herodotus was called the Father of History because he wrote the first narrative history in the Western World. His work, The Histories, is a history of the Greco-Persian Wars.