Historical method

Techniques used by historians A sculpted bust depicting Thucydides (c. 460 – c. 400 BC) dubbed the "father of scientific history" (a copy of a copy of 4th Century BCE Greek work) Part of a series onHistory Index Outline Glossary Key concepts Archeology Chronology Common Era (anno Domini, Gregorian calendar) Historical method Historical source (primary, secondary, tertiary) Historiography Periodization Recorded history Periods Prehistory (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) Ancient history (Copper Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, classical antiquity) Post-classical history (Early Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, Late Middle Ages) Modern history (early modern history, late modern history, contemporary history) By region Africa Antarctica Australia Central America East Asia Europe Middle East New Zealand North America Pacific Islands South America South Asia Southeast Asia The Caribbean Notable historians Beard Bede Braudel Froissart Geoffrey Gibbon Herodotus Hobsbawm Ibn Khaldun Josephus Karamzin Mommsen Plutarch Ranke Sima Tacitus Taylor Thucydides Turner Vasari Xenophon Timelines Prehistoric Ancient Post-classical Modern Future History portal Categoryvte Part of a series onResearch Resea