Ancient and Medieval Producers: Herodotus to Ibn Khaldun

What this note covers

1. Why ancient and medieval producers matter in this course
2. Herodotus and Thucydides: inquiry and analysis
3. Polybius, Livy and Tacitus: Roman history and its purposes
4. Sima Qian: the Grand Historian
5. Bede and the medieval chroniclers
6. Ibn Khaldun: a theory of history in the fourteenth century
7. Using ancient and medieval producers in exam answers

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