CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Hoplites
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Herodotus
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Sparta
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Spartan Women
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Detailed explanation-1: -Herodotus, (born 484 bce?, Halicarnassus, Asia Minor [now Bodrum, Turkey]?-died c. 430–420), Greek author of the first great narrative history produced in the ancient world, the History of the Greco-Persian Wars.
Detailed explanation-2: -So far as we know, he also wrote only one work, The Histories, a lengthy investigation of the Persian Wars (490-479 BCE), the epic struggle between the much smaller Greek city-states of the West and their foe to the East, the enormous Persian Empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -Herodotus leaves the most complete record of the Persian Wars, including an account of how the Athenians and Persians first came into conflict during the Ionian Revolt of 499-494 BCE. Herodotus attributed the revolt to the personal ambitions of the tyrant of Miletus.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.