Officially on falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month‚ the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Double Fifth Day. While many stories regarding its origin abound‚ the most popular and widely accepted version regards Qu Yuan‚ a minister during the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC) Legend of the Dragon Boat Festival’s Origin At the end of the Zhou Dynasty‚ the area we now know as China had fallen into a state of fragmentation and conflict. While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several
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Historians evaluate sources to determine their legitimacy and reliability. Inspecting the domain can assist in determining the source of a given website. The source should always be identified and evaluated before using it when writing. With technology and the internet as advanced as it is today it is very easy to stumble upon misinformation. Opinionated websites‚ for-profit websites‚ and others may provide only one side of a given story or event. An unbiased‚ responsible source is much better to
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The Effects of the New Deal Historian Barton J. Bernstein claimed that the New Deal "did not transform the American System… It failed to raise the impoverished‚ it failed to redistribute income‚ it failed to extend equality and generally countenanced racial discrimination… It failed generally to make business more responsible to the social welfare or to threaten business ’ pre-eminent political power." Although he makes valid points in his argument‚ I personally have to disagree with him. First
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Jessica Woodyard 7th period AP European History Jacques Barzun and Norman Davies were historians that wrote books describing ancient and modern Europe. Excerpts from these books describe the different view points each author had on the Protestant Reformation. Barzun ’s outlook of the Protestant Reformation was of cultural movement. Barzun describes Western Europe the most in his passage. Davies ’ view of the Protestant Reformation was a political movement. Davies describes Europe the
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Treaty of Paris (November 1815). Monarchs reduced France o its 1790 boundaries and ordered it to pay indemnity. As everything‚ the Vienna Settlement had it bad and good sides and this is what made a dispute between historians. The Settlement was hugely criticized by the historians‚ who had lived in the 19-th century. According to the liberalism and nationalism‚ arrangements made in 1814-1815 were ‘backward-looking’ and not popular. Lord Greville‚ the member of the Cabinet in England was firmly
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The American Civil War has caused many debates amongst a wide range of historians resulting in many different views being formed on all aspects of the War. The argument whether slavery has been overemphasised is one of great debate. Some historians like Michael F. Holt concur that the slavery issue was nearly the only reason and cause of the American civil war. Others disagree‚ Joel H. Silbey agrees that this is a reason but not the only one other ideas to need to be looked at to the cause of the
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(a) Study Source 1. How useful is it as evidence for an historian studying the outbreak of the Kapp Putsch of 1920? [13] This is a primary source so it can be a useful piece of evidence for a historian studying the outbreak of the Kapp putsch. This is a primary source because it is an extract from the proclamation‚ (The Cabinet issued this proclamation calling on Germany’s workers to defeat the putsch by means of a general strike.) This was written for public consumption and the author’s reputation
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Which of these two sources would an historian studying Kristallnacht find the more useful? Source A is a summary by the Historian Fritz Hesse. It is his account of a dinner on the evening of November 9th. Hesse wrote the account in 1954. He was a journalist who worked for the Nazis. Source A implies that Goebbels was to blame for the terrible act of Kristallnacht as he would do anything to win back Hitler’s support. But how useful is this source to a Historian? As it is a ‘summary’ it may have been
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What can historians learn about why the Spanish were successful in defeating the Aztecs? From sources of the time‚ historians can explain how Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs for various reasons. In combination these reasons allowed him to have the upper hand in the conquest of Mexico. To begin with the Aztecs had a harsh tribute system that was not popular among the people of Mexico‚ and this tribute system allowed Cortes to befriend many tribes; meaning supplies were easily
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STUDENTS’ VIEWS ON FILIPINO HISTORIANS’ ARTICLES ABOUT JOSE RIZAL AS THE NATIONAL HERO OF THE PHILIPPINES A Paper Submitted to: Dr. Minerva V. Apita In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in: Philippine History with Politics and Governance Laylo‚ Anelle Nica M. September 7‚ 2011 ABSTRACT The Filipinos have a rich archive of history‚ from the prehistoric era‚ to the Spaniards rule in the Philippines‚ followed by the Americans and the Japanese‚ followed by the Marcos regime‚ up to the present
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