Answer to Question #302958 in History for Reggie

Question

Whatwhat are the main sources historians use to reconstruct the event of early 19th century that are often know as Mfecane

Answer 1

History is reconstructed by the use of “documents,” “artifacts,” and “chronicles” (which category includes official accounts of events, memoirs, and personal correspondence.) Historians use these remnants of a bygone time, by exercising both inductive and deductive reasoning, to support hypotheses and to validate theories.