Historical+Writing

Thucydis [born sometime between 460BC-455 BC] was a great neutral historian who wrote about the Peloponnesian war from the experiences from an Athenian soldiers who he also gave many speeches to.

Greek writing started in the Minoan Culture. The sylabic alphabet was adapted and the Greeks used it in their writings. Soon, the book of life was developed, Fate. It first started with Hieroglyphics, then to sylabic alphabets. After 1100 BCE, writing stopped in ancient Greece. Soon in 750 BCE, a new alphabet was discovered, //Phoinikeia.// Many books the Greeks wrote are still read today.



We are not sure if Greek was the first to write the history down.

Of course now a days we can read Greek writing. Maybe Greeks wrote to impress their gods but some people think Greeks started writing to keep track of specific events. Greeks also wrote many stories to explain the world, or Greece, and how it was like.

Greeks wrote down on papyrus and stone. They used ink to write on papyrus because it works best..The Greeks historians wrote down history and started writing in Greece. Some people may think Greek writing isn't important but it actually is. It is world history which is important to all historians today. Without these information, we would have not learn about Greece. They wrote history so people could read what happened to the people and what people did. Greeks examined the past to try to determine the facts and significance of a historical event. The Greek alphabet was adapted from the Phoenicians in 700 BC.

Historians wrote down about wars by eye witnesses like asking soldiers and generals about it. They also use documents. Another historical event, other than Peloponnesian war, is when two poleis (or cities) call peace from wars.

Herodutus of Halicarnass (born in 484BC) was called the father of history because he recorded the events of the Persian war and the wars of Athens and Sparta. He also wrote about the fall of the lydian kingdom (western Turkey). Herodutus started the Method.