The historical sources and their status as a primary source or a secondary source include:
Primary Sources:
- A historian tries to interpret an ancient coded language by studying the clay tablet on which it was written.
- An archaeologist studies an ancient Mesopotamian weapon to understand the advancements that the civilization made in using metal.
- A researcher studies tax records written in ancient times to better understand the civilization’s tax system.
Secondary Sources:
- A researcher studies a presentation created by a historian in recent times that analyzes ancient Egyptian architecture.
- A group of history students watches a modern play based on a short story from the early Middle Ages to better understand that time period.
- A historian publishes an article in a respected historical magazine about the reasons behind the downfall of Roman leader Julius Caesar.
What are primary sources and secondary sources?
Primary sources refer to sources that are from the time being studied and so will include things like tax records from a period that is being studied. Weapons made in those times and writings by that society on things like clay tablets will count as well.
Secondary sources are not made in the time being studied but in a time afterwards by people who did not witness the events directly. These include modern plays on past events and writings by modern historians on ancient events.
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