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Herodotus History Of The Persian War

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Herodotus was born in Halicarnassus, Caria (modern day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC. Lived from 484 BC and died around 425 BC. He was a Greek historian known as "Father of History." Prior to the Greeks there was no real recording of history, rather it was only collections of stories passed down orally from one generation to another. Herodotus wrote "History of the Persian Wars". Herodotus was the first person to use the term "Historia” which later became known as history. As a result of his writings, mankind has a record of the past to study and learn from. Herodotus was the world’s first historian. He has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials scientifically, test

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