BIOL 1209 Chapter : 20140408 160044
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1/17/2014 4:26:00 pm: primary sources and secondary sources. History comes to us from herodotus: greek from the western coast of turkey, ca. 484-420 bc: greek writer of the history of the persian wars , known as the father of history, the greek word that we got history from is historian , historion: inquiry, investigation, questioning. Primary and secondary sources: primary source: a first hand account or material that comes from the period in question, secondary source: a historians interpretation of a primary source, ex: the textbook. Types of history: political, social, intellectual, cultural, institutional, women/gender, environmental, religious, economic, science, legal, business, military, many more. Dating systems: year of king"s rule, olympic years, significant years, jewish calendar, anno mundi, am 5774, islamic calendar, anno hegirae, ah 1434, christian calendar, anno domini, ad 2014= 2014 ce. Textbook uses this method: ad=ce, bc=bce, 21st century ad = 2000s, 20th century= 1900s, 5th century= 400s, either ad or bc.
