Question

In the classical world, historians often described past events as caused by fate, gods, or other supernatural factors. Today, historians study the same events as classical historians, but rely on historical evidence to support their conclusions. Which of the following conclusions does this support?

A) Modern historians no longer rely on primary documents to support their interpretations of history.

B) Bias prevents historians from using any classical historical documents as valid forms of evidence.

C) The accepted interpretations about past events can change greatly over time.

D) Modern historians have been able to remove their own points of view from their claims.

Answer 1

That's tough. I'l going with C

Answer 2

In the classical world, historians often described past events as caused by fate, gods, or other supernatural factors. Today, historians study the same events as classical historians, but rely on historical evidence to support their conclusions. The conclusion that best support this is option C. The accepted interpretations about past events can change greatly over time.

In the past, some unknown occurrence was described as 'supernatural'. Nowadays, those explanation would not be accepted, since any explanation should be supported by the actual data and evidence.