The Greek historian Thucydides differed from Herodotus in that the former
A) was unconcerned with divine forces as a factor in history.
B) devoted much of his writing to economic history.
C) never wrote about warfare but only about political and cultural matters.
D) was unconcerned with teaching lessons based on history.
E) exhibited a critical attitude toward his sources but Herodotus did not.
A
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