Question

What historian was one of the first to emphasize documented facts over unverifiable stories

Answer 1

Explanation:

A lot of historinas had an important role in the history of .......historiography.we usually associated the birth of history woth the work of herodotus in 5th century BC.he devoted his name to document stories about the old days and habit of various people he visted.other historinas like thycydides during the peloponessian war took a more scientific approach.instead of documenting tables and anything of insterest.he only documented fact that he could verify himself; some other part he specifially mentioned that he could is not verifed them.in a sense he can be called the father of science of history since until then verification of histrorical work was not being emphasized other historian like xenophan and tacitus followed in his footsteps.