I love how selective people are in throwing out the "there's no evidence for it" argument about ancient history. There's "no evidence" for 99% of Greek history. It's all just stuff that was written in books, so do we have to throw that out too?
In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called original source or evidence) is an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic. Similar definitions can be used in library science, and other areas of scholarship, although different fields have somewhat different definitions. In journalism, a primary source can be a person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document written by such a person.
Wow. You managed two kinds of retardation at once. First, failing at reading comprehension and completely missing my point. Second, imagining that there are primary sources for all of Greek history.
source of information that was created at the time under study
So there's no evidence on Greek history before Herodotus' own lifetime?
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1 SnapshillBot 2017-12-26
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1 Redactor0 2017-12-26
I love how selective people are in throwing out the "there's no evidence for it" argument about ancient history. There's "no evidence" for 99% of Greek history. It's all just stuff that was written in books, so do we have to throw that out too?
1 BornIn1142 2017-12-26
Huh? Written records are evidence.
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2017-12-26
Which can be forged. Just saying ¯\_(ツ) _/¯
1 Redactor0 2017-12-26
That's my point. If we accept written records from Greek sources as evidence, we can't just completely ignore written records from other cultures.
1 TheEquimanthorn 2017-12-26
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1 WikiTextBot 2017-12-26
Primary source
In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called original source or evidence) is an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic. Similar definitions can be used in library science, and other areas of scholarship, although different fields have somewhat different definitions. In journalism, a primary source can be a person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document written by such a person.
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1 Protect_Me 2017-12-26
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1 Redactor0 2017-12-26
Wow. You managed two kinds of retardation at once. First, failing at reading comprehension and completely missing my point. Second, imagining that there are primary sources for all of Greek history.
So there's no evidence on Greek history before Herodotus' own lifetime?
1 Protect_Me 2017-12-26
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1 justanotherusername_ 2017-12-26
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1 C1de 2017-12-26
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