Write in detail about Herodotus, the first historian.

Herodotus was born in 484 B.C.E. in Halicarnassus, a Greek city-state. 

He began to write with the intention of tracing the history and causes of the battles between Greek city-states and the

Achaemenid Empire during 500-449 B.C.E. 

The book he wrote was named ‘Historia’ (The Histories). 

Herodotus was the first historian who collected information-seeking answers to a particular question and then put it in chronological order. 

He did not bring in notions like God, human destiny, etc.

Putting historical events in a chronological sequence became an essential theme of history writing. 

This theme proved to be fundamental in the development. Therefore, Herodotus is said to be the father of historiography.