2. Write short notes. (1) Written Sources

Written sources are documents that have been written down.

Historians utilise them to piece together ancient, mediaeval, and modern history.

Newspapers, gazettes, diaries, reference books, and official correspondences are examples of written sources that provide information on history.

Hence, documents that have been written down the written to piece together ancient, mediaeval, and modern history are called written sources. Newspapers, gazettes, diaries, reference books, and official correspondences are examples of written sources that provide information on history