Herodotus of Halicarnassus.
Herodotus, ancient Greek historian, has often been called the Father of History because his works are the earliest surviving books that seem to present history in roughly the form we think of it today.
Herodotus is considered the father of history. The second ancient Greek historian was Thucydides.
Herodotus was born in 484 B.C., in Halicarnassus on the southeastern coast of present-day Turkey. He is considered the first historian and the Father of History.
What ancient system are you referring to?
the father of history is Herodotus
Arsenius John Baptist Vuibert has written: 'Ancient history' -- subject(s): Ancient History, History, Ancient 'An ancient history, from the creation to the fall of the Western empire in A.D. 476' -- subject(s): Ancient History, History, Ancient
Different from that of today's historians. Although the ancient Greeks loved their history stories, they studied it not for the knowledge of (demystified) facts. On the contrary, they liked their history to support claims on greatness and to that end liberally added ancient mighty kings and gods to their history. Homeros' Iliad and Odyssey are tipical cases in point. Only the ancient Greek historian Herodotus set out to study history by going after the facts; he is therefore - and despite many flaws in the way he went about it - considered to be the 'father of modern history writing'.
I studied ancient history
Yes, various ancient cultures had symbols representing fatherhood. For example, in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the symbol for "father" often included the glyph of a seated man, which represented authority and protection. Similarly, in Celtic culture, the oak tree was associated with father figures, symbolizing strength and stability. These symbols reflect the reverence for paternal roles in different societies throughout history.
a form of ancient Indian history is a poem
The Cambridge Ancient History was created in 1924.
Journal of Ancient History was created in 1937.