Perhaps most importantly , it stands as one of the first , and surviving , accounts of the rise of the MISC@1 , the events of , and causes for , the MISC@2 between the LOCATION@1 and the MISC@3 city-states in the 5th century BC .

Written about NUMBER@1 BC in the MISC@4 dialect of classical MISC@3 , The Histories tells the story of the MISC@2 between the LOCATION@1 and the MISC@3 city-states in the 5th century BC .
