Ibn Khaldun: Wrote the history of the Arabs and of the Berbers from North Africa. Sima Qian: First Chinese historian to separate history from astrology. Simon Schama: Wrote several books on cultural and intellectual history. Gerda Hedwig Lerner: The founder of women’s history who also studied anthropology and archaeology in America. Herodotus: Regarded as the “father of history” because he was the first person to systematically study and write about historical events. It's good that you're studying historians! Historiography (the study of the writing of history) is an important field for us to explore as we consider what history means and how it is reported.
The medieval tournaments can be
compared in this modern day to the American RODEO. American rodeo, the official
state sport of South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming, involves the use horses and
other livestock cowboys and cowgirls to test their skill and speed.
They must research, read and explore using multiple different resources to look at and explore the past history.
