Histories written in the ancient world can tell us things about what happened, but they can also tell us important things about what people valued. How does sima qian's approach to writing history differ from the historian in the BBC podcast, and how does that in turn differ from the author of the documentary on qin shi huangdi?

In other words, how have priorities in historical writing changed over space and time from ancient china to the 21st century us?

Use the following links to answer the given questions:

http://wps.pearsoncustom.com/wps/media/objects/2427/2486120/chap_assets/documents/doc4_5.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb1ccvqj0gc

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/fh59-ti4tviuv1rssx0qhq

http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/c-poet2.html

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