How Did the Greek Historian Thucydides Differ from Herodotus

question 108

Multiple Choice

How did the Greek historian Thucydides differ from Herodotus?

• A)Thucydides was unconcerned with spiritual forces as a factor in history.
• B)Thucydides exhibited a critical attitude toward his sources but Herodotus did not.
• C)Thucydides devoted much of his writing to economic history.
• D)Thucydides was unconcerned with teaching lessons based on history.
• E)Thucydides never wrote about warfare but only about political and cultural matters.

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