Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the approach to history of ancient peoples?
a. Like the Mesopotamians and Egyptians, the Greeks rejected critical analysis and interpretation in the writing of history.
b. All ancient societies, including the Greeks, considered history the record of divine wrath or benevolence.
c. The Greeks based their histories of human actions on available evidence.
d. Both the Hebrews and Greeks removed historical events from the realm of religious-mythical thought.
e. The Greek achievement in history represented the synthesis of the innovations of earlier societies.
c
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a. true b. false
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