HIST 1001 : Complete Notes For Test 1
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484-420 bc: greek writer of the history of the persian wars , considered to be the father of history, greek word historian meant investigation, questioning, notion of history as something that you do. Evidence: primary sources, things that come from the same age as the event, evidence that comes from the period in question, how to read a primary source, level one. Main storyline; what"s going on: level two. What are the assumptions made in the source: level three. We start with : writing, 3200 bc in mesopotamia sumaria, between the two rivers tigris and euphrates, arid climate. Can"t rely on regular rainfall for crops. Most have disappeared to erosion: temples, walls and palaces survived, lived in city-states that ruled in confederations but were independent, wrote on cuneiforms. Soft clay tablet with reed pen: not an alphabet language, had symbols for syllables.
