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In this weeks reading “From the Herodotus to H-net” by Jeremy D. Popkin explained what exactly was historiography. Popkin defines historiography as ‘the critical assessment of the ways in which historians try to reconstruct past events as distinguished from the statements they make about the past’ (Popkin 3). Not only are we making sense of the what happened doing these historical affects and trying to find connections but also we are trying to interpreting what other historians had to say about the event. He mentioned how every historian will have a different opinion or view on history but to validate the truth on these historical events they have to find some similarities in each of their stories (Popkin 4). For me studying the past especially ancient civilizations is very interesting so I hope when I get a better understand in what historiography it will help me have a better understanding and increase my interest in it even more. I really have never heard before about historiography in my life but as I keep reading its making more sense sense in why its so important when being a historian to know this and be able to understand the concept. I know this will be difficult for to get a grasp of but it will be very useful to learn and to master when I graduate with a history degree. As mentioned in @oosegueda blog post when writing history perspective can change over time and viewed differently in another era. For example those who wrote diaries or stories about the past about slavery some of those narratives would have a whole different opinion about the topic then the scholar of this era. Its a whole different process a thinking. So its important as a history to know what is historiography because it helps them understand what is happening and get a clearer picture of the event or issue.