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Internet Activities: Historical Sources
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http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ancientpersia/srce_frm.html

What are the historical sources from which students of the Persian Empires can draw their knowledge? How are these sources similar to those of the other civilizations we have examined thus far? In what ways are they different?
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Herodotus on Persia: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-persians.html. What kind of relationship does the author, the ancient Greek Historian Herodotus, have with the Persians he observes? What makes this document different from any other historical source we have seen thus far? What types of new concerns does it raise?







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