HIST 1001 Chapter : History Dietz
Document Summary
History: herodotus- father of history, 484-420 bc, greek writer of the history of the persian wars , historian. Inquiry, investigation, questioning: primary sources (ex:diary)(main source) and secondary sources(someone has gathered primary sources and written about the event)(ex:teacher)new info new evidence new interpretation, types of evidence, different evidence leads to different interpretations, questions. Institutional: women/gender, religious, economic, history of science, legal, military. 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. Dating systems: year of king"s rule, olympic years. Jewish calendar- is it kept from a notion from the beginning: anno mundi, am 5772. Islamic calendar: anno hegirae, ah 1433, christian calendar- calendar we use, commonly used by 700, beginning with jesus" birth, anno domini, ad 2012, also called ce for common error , fifth century=400s, either ad or bc.
