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Herodotus (c. 484-425 B.C.), as the first historian proper, is called the father of history. He was born in the essentially Dorian (Greek) colony of Halicarnassus on the southwest coast of Asia Minor (then a part of the Persian Empire), during the Persian Wars, shortly before the expedition against Greece led by the Persian King Xerxes.
Let's review. Historical methodology refers to the process by which historians gather evidence and formulate ideas about the past. In order to formulate ideas about the past, it is necessary to examine primary sources.