HIST 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Secondary Source, Moodle, Ziggurat
• What is History?
• How to read a source
• Understanding Dating systems
• Birth of Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia
I. Herodotus
a. Halicarnassus
b. Ca 484-420 BCE
c. Greek writer of ͆The history of the Persian wars͇
II. Historian
a. Inquiry, investigation, questioning
III. Primary source – on moodle
a. Evidence written from the past could also be material evidence from the past
IV. Secondary source – our textbook, lectures, and exam essays
a. Accounts written by historian s
b. Based on analysis of primary and secondary sources
V. Questions
VI. Types of evidence
VII. Fragmentary survival of evidence
VIII. Interpretation
How to Read a Primary Source
Level One
Who wrote it?
When was it written?
What type of document is it?
Main storyline
Level Two
Intended audience
Why was it written?
Assumptions made in the source
Level Three
Is this document reliable and/or accurate?
What can I learn about the society/person who created this document?
How does it relate to its context?
Mesopotamia
Euphrates
Tigris
irrigation
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