Zayn slide set

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Primary sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study.

Primary sources

Secondary sources

Secondary sources are documents written after an event has occurred, providing secondhand accounts of that event, person, or topic.

Three types of primary sources

What is written - drawings,  photographs, paintings ect.What is said - audio recordings, films, videos ect.What is preserved - artifacts, temples, tombs ect.

Three producers of secondary sources

Artists - create sculpturesCartographers - produce a detailed annotated mapFilmmakers - create a biography of someone

How are secondary sources produced ?

When secondary sources are produced by historians, they are constructed by primary sources and the work of other historians. These secondary sources recount events of the past.

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The rosette stone was written in three different  languages               -  Demotic, modern Egyptian                                                                  -  Hieroglyphs, ancient Egyptian   -   Greek, ancient Greek                             

The Rosetta Stone

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The Rosetta Stone

 The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 by French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt.Was deciphered by Jean-François Champollion in 1822. Champollion translated the Greek first, then the Demotic. Only then could the hieroglyphs be translated

Interpreting and evaluating sources

Both Primary and Secondary sources require thorough examination and evaluation. One important reason for this is that written material always reflects on the author's values and attitudes.