what do we call a person who writes history books
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Historian.
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History is written by people that lived during that historic time. For instance, a person who lived 3000 years ago in Ancient Greece maybe had a journal, and wrote about everyday life in it. Then, 3000 years later (today), scientists find the journal and copy all of the important info into history books. That person that lived with Greece 3000 years ago was the one who wrote history. Same goes with Babylon, Rome, Mongolia, China etc. Remeber, history is written by the people during that time.
Hesiod writes: And in her breast, Hermes the messenger, created lies; deceiving words, a deceitful heart.
Paleo is a prefix of Greek origin used to mean something ancient and/or prehistoric. in case of "history": ancient history or prehistoric history.
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Wriring. As soon as people started recording what was going on around them, history was born.