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They use sources because it explains what happened and why. It also replaces paragraphs

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Which stamens describes why historians might want to use a source to study an event?

It describes the event as it was experienced at the time. (APEX)


Which of the following historians has organized her study of the pass based on the category period?

Which method will best help you determine whether or not a secondary source is conclusion is valid?


What are the limitations of the sources of history?

What is known about ancient history is based on sources and it can be expected that these sources are limited if only because of the time an ancient historical event happened and the present day. Nevertheless, here are the source limitations faced by historians in their studies:A. Ancient historical writings about history may have been written hundreds of years after the historian begins a record. In dealing with the writings of the ancients it must be remembered that they did not have the resources that modern day historians have, such as carbon dating and a vast network of "finds" based on modern archeology. Therefore the accuracy of ancient historians can be called into question;B. While modern historians can rely on archaeologists with scientific data to assist them, they are limited, because of time, to explain "cultural" facts that may have influenced the ancient writers;C. Modern historians must base much of their writings upon the records of ancient historians, which may be inaccurate. By the same token, the same problem confronted the ancient historians as they too must rely on earlier writers;D. Historians, both modern and ancient, understand that the sources of previous writers may be prejudicial. This may be the result, for example of a writer in the time of Julius Caesar. If the historian favors the deeds of a Caesar, the historical records may not be totally accurate;E. Since we have Caesar here, his own writings on his conquests in Gaul must always be seen as a man writing about his own history. Thus the source can be questioned;F. Conflicting historical writings can always exist. The historian reviewing these faces another source limitation;G. Lack of historical records. The ancient Egyptians have left no blueprints on building pyramids. Scholars, archeologists, and engineers and others still speculate how they were built; andH. Myths. Historians are frequently faced with ancient historians who may have based their writings on "myths". For all practical purposes, as one example, the founding of ancient Rome is dated at 753 BC, this is an educated guess. It may also be termed a myth, thus the historian is faced with another limited source.


To determine whether a piece of historical evidence is reliable historians generally?

Answer this question… check to see if the information in the source is confirmed by other sources.


What types of Historians are D L Farmer C P Hill and Barry Coward?

Revisionist Historians

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Why is a culture oarl tradition an important source for historians?

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What source do historians use to answer questions?

They use primary and secondary sources


How do the source of history help us to study history?

Historians will help us.


What is one term for one kind or source most used by historians to answer questions about the past?

Primary sources are used commonly among historians. A primary source of information is an account from someone that was present at a certain time or event.


How do historians use primary and secondary sources?

A primary source is like a diary of somebody that has experienced something or the person them self (autobiography) A secondary source is when somebody has heard the story and retells it or writes about it. (biography) A primary source is the most reliable because information can be lost or changed by a secondary source so historians favor primary sources.


What step must a historian take to evaluate historical evidence?

The steps historians take include studying the lives of ppl in different times and places is the work of the historians. The most basic tool for this work is historical evidence. Historians collect the evidence, then use it to interpret events. Historians look first at a primary source, first hand information about ppl or events or a secondary source that is stated after the fact.


The time and place rule determines that the a source and its creator were to an event in the past the more valuable the source will be?

Historians use the time and place rule because the source is deemed to be more reliable. The other rule historians use is the bias rule that says everyone will be biased in some way when recounting events.


Why should historians look for bias in a source?

Historians would be wise to look for bias in a source because bias can influence the way the writer relayed the information. Sources free from bias are to be the most trusted.


How many historians are Christians?

A:I do not think there are any reliable statistics of the religion of historians. This probably reflects the fact that there is very little interest in knowing the religion of historians. Of course, there are many Christian theologians who use the Bible as a primary source of history, but they would not regard themselves as historians in the true sense.


What can historians not use to study prehistory?

Any written document, otherwise that would be an source and be a part of history.


What process has historians follow when he tests the accuracy of the source against facts and outside data?

external critisism


How is a bias source of use to a historian?

It helps historians to remember to check other sources for facts.