Can we compare historians to detectives? Give reasons for your answers.
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Can we compare historians to detectives? Give reasons for your answers.
| Historians | Detectives |
| 1. Historians work on past events. | 1. Detectives work on past, present, and future events. |
| 2. The clues used by historians are called sources. | 2. The clues used by detectives are called evidence. |
| 3. They use diary entries, oral histories, documents etc. | 3. They use clues such as DNA, fingerprints, bloodstains, etc. |
| 4. They analyse sources to understand historical events. | 4. They analyse sources to understand crime and other events. |