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‘History’ was invented by an ancient Greek wanderer
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2 August 2021
‘History’ was invented by an ancient Greek wanderer
A Greek writer named Herodotus was one of the first to list past events, and explain their causes and effects. He gathered eye-witness accounts too, and put it all together in a great work called the ‘Histories’. In 440BC, Herodotus ‘published’ his work by reading it aloud to spectators at the Olympic Games.
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