Compare And Contrast Herodotus And Sima Qian

He was likely born in Amarna, a town that Akhenaten created and settled in 1345 B.C. after moving the population from Thebes. Somewhere between 1346 B.C. and 1343 B.C., King Akhenaten had to abdicate, or resign. He was forced

Selections from the Shu Jing (The Classic of History) (6th Cent. BC) is a document that was written by the Confucius. The classic of history is one of the Confucian classics, and it's was written during the Zhou era when Yi yin looked forward in constructing a young king into a better king with knowledge of the mandate of heaven the mandate of Heaven. The article is about the emperors who had different techniques of dealing the situations and showing their care for the people of the dynasty. For example, the first Xia's king was generous and kind to people while the king of Shang was cruel to his people. Besides, it's about how the mandate of heaven began back then and how people become to know about the mandate of

Herodotus was the first Greek to look at the big picture. He differed from famous authors such as Homer and other authors, with texts of legends and mythology. Herodotus describes human causes for circumstances and events, rather than labeling them as divine ones, which authors at that time arguably focused their writings. When Herodotus describes divinity, he relies on the human approach by relying on the knowledge of other cultures. His cultural interests vary in philosophy, anthropology and religion. The three being the primary source material for his body of work. When he places this particular information into his book, labeled ‘The Enquiries,’ or Historia, translated this means inquiry and investigation over the subject matter, not necessarily

One of the running themes across the ancient Greek world is that man is not in control; there are forces beyond the grasp of the human condition in which man must endure helplessly. In Adler’s piece on the prominent ideas of history this is referred to providence. Adler states that certain schools of history adhere to the belief that history is an unending and unchanging cycle, sometimes at the gods’ hands. This concept of providence, or lack of free will, is the most significant parallel between the works of Herodotus and Thucydides.

The structure of The Histories presents a problem. The secondary structure of The Histories almost obscures the primary structure, making the book difficult to follow. We are presented with two possibilities. Either Herodotus is not a good author or The Histories was not meant to be read as a book. Given the oral nature of fifth century Athens the later is far more likely. Books were likely a rarity in Herodotus' time given the difficulty in reproducing them. Given the oral

The Qing dynasty (1916-1912) is the last imperial dynasty of China, it was consider as the most powerful country during the “golden age” ruled by Kang Xi and Qian Long, and it has over 400 million population and has the 1st ranked GDP in the world at the moment. The Qing has the supreme power at the time and has the significant influence in East Asian. However, the collapse of the Qing Dynasty made a humiliate history of China. The Qing dynasty doesn't fall suddenly, and the collapse of Qing is not just simply because domestic revolution and alien invasion. The failure of the Qing government is worthy to study, we need to take a deep step and explore the root cause of the collapse of Qing.

Herodotus marked a new way of recording and interpreting history: conducting research. He recorded what he saw, heard, and experienced as he traveled around places like the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and as far up as Babylon. He went on expeditions and encountered much of his information through in person exchange, an accomplishment surely to be considered great. Martin believes Herodotus explored an extensive amount of history and peoples and showcased a spectrum of topics like “war, politics, religion, commerce, geography, climate, ethnography, and individual human motivations” (Martin 7). In his writings called The Histories, Herodotus begins with The Story of Croesus and

However, this section is misguiding because we quickly find ourselves thrown back into time to discover the reasons as to why Croesus was in the thrown. Throughout this chapter Herodotus uses myths, folktales and speeches to tell the story. Which much of the story seems unbelievable to the reader. This is important to create an understanding for the time and to understand the reading clearer.

15. Herodotus is more of histrionic you can say story teller, he likes to explain and you know get it out there in other words exaggerate stories to hyperbolize a moral or lesson that are helpful . Thucyidides is leaning more of a scientific historian. but saying all these we can agree Both men are basically fathers of historical recounts they just go along different paths, appealing to other audiences. thats how it works dont ask me. lol

Archimedes was born from a famous astronomer named Phidias in Syracuse, Italy; and was related to King Hieron. His early years were spent with schooling in Syracuse. After several years, he traveled to Alexandria with Conon. Conon was a close friend of his, as well as Eratosthenes, who was the Alexandria Librarian . Archimedes shared his theories with these two, and spent so much time developing them that he would forget to do daily human functions.

and of the Asiatic peoples…." With this "mission statement" Herodotus introduces his Histories, the first recorded history text in the western world. Using fragments

Rhoads Murphey describes the history of China history is on the succession of dynasties that ruled it over a period of time until around 1912 when Republic of china was formed before rising to the current People’s Republic of China was formed in 1949. In China, a dynasty was made up of Kings or emperors that came from the same family. They ruled in succession where a king could be inherited by his son or his immediate relatives. Although china’s history is majorly regarded on the basis of dynastic ruling, other small kingdoms were established that ruled different part of china. For example, in 200AD, the fall of great Han dynasty triggered formation of smaller kingdoms all over the china which were later united by a short lived Sui Dynasty that reigned between 580 and 618 AD.

In “Letter in Reply to Li Yi,” Han Yu reflects on the nature of literary writing, while Cao Pi discusses his literary theory in “A Discourse on Literature.” Both Han and Cao emphasize the vital energy of writers and the cultural immortality of literary writing, but their definitions of literature differ in their arguments about the purpose of writing and their criteria for the content. The synthesis based on their theories may provide some uniquely Chinese insight into the definition of literature.

Euclid was born around 365 B.C; his birthplace was in Alexandria, Egypt. Euclid died around 275 B.C., he died in Alexandria Egypt. His death was unspecified. The city of his birth place is a mystery. Medieval authors often called him Euclid of Megara. They often confused him with an earlier philosopher Eucleides of Megara, who was an associate of Socrates and Plato. When Euclid arrived at the Academy School, Plato and the first generation of his students had already died.

Although Herodotus and Sima Qian lived hundreds of years apart on opposite sides of the planet, their respective impacts on their societies and humanity as a whole are tremendous. Herodotus was born in 480 BCE in Halicarnassus, Asia Minor (now Turkey). His family was wealthy, and immediately resisted the Persian rule after their conquest of the city, leading to his exile on the island of Samos – his first encounter with the trauma of war. He then wrote The Histories, a work of massive scope that focused on reliability and thoroughness unlike anything before it. Sima Qian was born in 145 BCE in Han-ruled China. His father held the title “Grand Astrologer,” a position concerned with preparing the yearly calendar. However, his father had begun writing a grand work of history: at his death, Qian promised to finish the work in his honor. The Records of the Historian, like The Histories, was revolutionary in that it covered far more spatial and temporal ground than any prior Chinese work. Because their purviews were so vast and recordings so comprehensive, Herodotus’ and Sima Qian’s respective influences were felt throughout their societies, thus facilitating their arbitration of moral judgment through interpretation of historical fact. In crude terms, they understood that the what was inconsequential without the why. Specifically, they saw their roles as interpreters as opportunities to become arbiters of moral judgment: moral leaders. Their works, and thus their mechanisms of