Byzantine Empire. His discussion is based on the fact that past scholars‚ such as English historian Edward Gibbon who wrote The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire‚ thought the Byzantine Empire was in a constant state of decline throughout its existence‚ but he disagrees. He says that more recent scholars have found that it was‚ in fact‚ one of the great empires in history. He references to historians such as Fridtjof Nansen‚ author of L’Armenie et le proche Orient‚ who said that the Byzantine
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reliability‚ however we can infer from the writing style that it is most likely an account or report of the battle of the Somme‚ thus making it a primary source written at approximately 1916 during or after the battle. Whilst analysing a source‚ a historian must not disregard the perspective of the source and the influences that shape perspective. Source A is written by the male German‚ Von Falkenhayn. Falkenhayn was a German general who was in charge of many operations during WWI‚ and was thereby of
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the early 1400’s and 1500’s the Aztecs conquered the region of what is today Mexico. At this time religion and culture was at height. They controlled lives of more than 20 million people! Now historians are looking back at this time not knowing whether to emphasize agriculture or human sacrifice. Historians should emphasize human sacrifice and not agriculture. The Aztecs had a great number of how many people were sacrificed. More than 2‚300 prisoners were taken out of teuclepe for motecuhzonna and
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Disney Movies are mostly entertaining‚ and they are all their for the fun of watching. Disney is not a historian‚ so‚ therefore‚ they don’t have to worry about being accurate‚ responsible‚ but they do have to be respectful to the historian who did the research. Disney is not accurate‚ responsible‚ and they are respectful towards the movie. Disney is not accurate because they have to make the movie appropriate to watch. The movie didn’t get her in the True Relation. In Adams interpretation‚ it says
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1933-1939. Some historians have taken up the view point that without the popularity the Nazi Regime would not have been able to survive. Through its policies‚ it is clear to see that the Regime tried to make it look like they were working for the good of society in order to make Germany a better place. It would appear that the majority of the German people supported the regime; however‚ as it was a repressive state‚ it is unclear as to whether this is fully correct. In source four‚ historian Robert Gellately
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struggle of historians’ to accurately depict epic battles in Europe and Asia‚ to the conflicts in the deserts of the Middle East. Some of the most interesting questions about censorship’s role in the power of the government are ironically‚ what questions the government allows to be asked. In fact‚ Michael Scammell quickly points out that “one of the first words to be censored by the censors is the word censorship”. This literature review will be focusing on the ability of historians to establish
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officials to evade the death sentence. There are two historical viewpoints as to the role of Speer. The first is that Speer was merely a technocrat‚ with no political views- and this view is created by Speer in his post-war writings‚ as well as historian Joachim Fest. The second viewpoint‚ which is more widely believed than the first‚ is that Speer was a clever man who manipulated the Nazi party‚ the Nuremburg War Crimes prosecutors and also the world through his books after
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unimportant as historical evidence and not at all useful to a historian‚ because it does not contain fact. Jordonova says that ‘one aspect of every answer must be the highest levels of truth’. However‚ fiction can reflect the mood or values of the time in which it was written or the time in which it is set. The author may well represent her views‚ but they may be views of her class‚ race or community. It would be useful to a historian in understanding the attitude of people at the time of racial
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In both Herodotus’ The Histories and Sima Qian’s Records of the Grand Historian‚ there is a great deal of attention paid to the non-Greek and non-Chinese foreigners encountered by both historians. Herodotus’ work arises from his extensive travels and interest in other peoples‚ while Sima Qian’s “The Account of Dayuan” serves a strictly strategic purpose to facilitate the Han emperor’s rule. However‚ both works do share a common theme of ethnocentric superiority. Herodotus and Sima Qian imply the
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For some people science is the supreme form of all knowledge. Is this view reasonable or does it involve a misunderstanding of science or of knowledge? For many persons science is considered the supreme form of all knowledge‚ as science is based on facts and theories and it reaches its results through an approved scientific method. Consequently‚ it seems to be objective and thus more truthful and reliable. However‚ other persons argue that this is a misunderstanding of science. Hence‚ one
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