Question

One of the first true historians was____whose famous book, The Persian Wars, talks about Persia quite a bit.

Answer 1

Answer:

c) Herodotus

Explanation:

Herodotus is often regarded as “the father of history” (first called like that by Cicero) as he was one of the first historians in the true sense of the word. This means he collected, systematized, and wrote done the information and accounts of certain events that happened in the past.

His most famous work is The Histories. In this major work written in the 5th century BC, he collected information about events, politics, and culture of ancient Greece.

The Histories also includes the recollection and explanations of the Persian Wars, the major military clash between Greece and Persia.