Who was the first to distinguish between cause and immediate origins of an event?
A. Herodotus
B. Pericles
C. Plutarch
D. Thucydides
Answer: Option D
Solution(By Examveda Team)
Thucydides was an Athenian historian and general. His history of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the deities, as outlined in his introduction to his work.Related Questions on World History
During the First World War, which country signed the Peace Treaty (1917) with Germany
A. England
B. USA
C. Russia
D. Austria
When did United Kingdom declared war on Germany which lead to World War II?
A. 4th April 1939
B. 18th August 1939
C. 28th August 1939
D. 3rd September 1939
The immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War was
A. The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
B. The imprisonment of Lenin
C. The ambition of America to dominate the world
D. The sudden death of Lloyd George
Join The Discussion