Answer: Herodotus is widely known as the "father of history", his Histories being eponymous of the entire field. Herodotus was succeeded by authors such as Thucydides, Xenophon, Demosthenes, Plato and Aristotle.
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I would say Polytheism(the belief in multiple gods)
I know the first ones where build in Rhode Island, but I don't think that's what the answer wants :/
you can stop you're answer at the full-stop.