The historian analyzed century-old shipping records to trace the trade routes of the medieval Mediterranean.
历史学家分析了数百年前的航运记录，以追溯中世纪地中海的贸易路线。
Historians once portrayed the Silk Road as a single highway connecting East and West.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Historian Elena Cruz argues that the printing press was the single most important technological cause of the Reformation, since it allowed reformist ideas to spread faster than church authorities could suppress them.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Historian Thomas Reyes agrees that the printing press mattered but argues that widespread literacy programs, which predated the press by decades in some regions, were an equally necessary precondition, since a printed pamphlet is useless to someone who cannot read it.
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Which choice best defines “historian”?
C — Expert in history. “historian” means expert in history.
Which word means “expert in history”?
B — historian. “historian” means expert in history.
historian — expert in history. In Chinese: 历史学家.
historian is pronounced /hɪˈstɔːriən/.
The historian analyzed century-old shipping records to trace the trade routes of the medieval Mediterranean. (历史学家分析了数百年前的航运记录，以追溯中世纪地中海的贸易路线。)
chronicler, annalist, scholar — all close in meaning to historian (expert in history).
Yes. historian is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
history (history)+ian (person)