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=== Primary source === | === Primary source === | ||
=== Secondary source === | === Secondary source === | ||
=== Academic sources === | |||
* when academics write about history, these are not sources so much as interpretations and evaluations of other sources. | |||
* that is what a book on "history" does: | |||
** it evaluates events, people, places, and sources | |||
** it interprets them | |||
** it synthesizes them into a presentable format | |||
* limitations on academic sources | |||
** academics have their own point of view and may process historical information according to it | |||
** academics can pick and choose their own sources in order to confirm their preconceived biases on historical events and actors | |||
** academics may have a specialty that biases or limits their interpretation of history | |||
=== Macro or "Big View" history === | === Macro or "Big View" history === | ||
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Ancient World Historians | |||
External Links: | External Links: | ||
[http://www.livius.org/hi-hn/historiography/historiography.html Ancient historiography] from livius.org | [http://www.livius.org/hi-hn/historiography/historiography.html Ancient historiography] from livius.org | ||