5. Ancient Peoples Most Ancient Group left no records Many did Hittites Sumerians Egyptians Assyrians These Records Are Not Histories
6. Jews of Ancient Israel Importance of History Confirmed Relationship w/ God Grand Drama Commemoration of Specific Events Old Testament Clouded by Conviction of Faith
7. Greeks History- Implication of Truth? Historia Major Contributors of Historical Thought Two Major Historians Herodotus Thucydides Homer
12. Rome Justification of Empire Livy Polybus Julius Cesar Tacitus Germania Power and corruption
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14. Modern Age Teleology The word "teleological" is derived from the Greek word telos, meaning "end" or "purpose". Teleology is the supposition that there is purpose or directive principle in the works and processes of nature. Purpose of History Throughout Middle Ages
15. Bringing Man Back into the Story Nicolo Machiavelli The Prince Francesco Guiccardini History of Italy
19. 17th 18th Centuries Humanist tendencies Continue Exceptions-William Branford’s Of Plymouth Landing Voltaire Enlightenment History Should Serve a Practical Purpose Reason and Credibility Could Show Truth
20. Edward Gibbon Still amature Learned Languages Systematic Decline and Fall of Roman Empire Prose