Herodotus was the first Greek historian, known as the "Father of History." He was born in the year 484 B.C. in Halicarnassus, Asia Minor. During his youth, he traveled Greece, the Middle East, and North Africa. During his travels, he studied the manners, customs, and religions of the people and learned as much as he could of their history. The things he learned from the trip formed the materials of his greatest work, which is called History. After his travels, he visited Athens, and then three years later he settled in a colony called Thurii (southern Italy). …
