Which ancient historian is known as the 'father of history' for his work on the Greco-Persian Wars?

• A Xenophon
• B Herodotus ✓
• C Polybius
• D Diodorus Siculus

Herodotus of Halicarnassus wrote the Histories in the 5th century BCE, documenting the Greco-Persian Wars and many customs of the peoples he encountered.