New Zealand history. Before the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 New Zealand was simply just another dominion of the British Empire. As a nation the New Zealanders were yet to really emerge or prove themselves on the international stage. However‚ the historian Marilyn Lake argues that New Zealand’s participation in the Gallipoli campaign puts the country on the map. Lake contends that once New Zealanders or indeed any other nation’s soldiers land on the shores of Gallipoli in 1915 a nation emerges on the
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Cleopatra’s image has caused most interpretations of her to be influenced by the historian’s own personal views and context. The most common portrayal of Cleopatra was that she was a woman of extreme beauty. Dio Cassius‚ a member of the Roman senate and historian was born in 155AD around 185 years after the death of Cleopatra‚ writes that “For she was a woman of surpassing beauty” and the majority of Roman depictions of Cleopatra followed this trend. Much of Cleopatra’s’ image has been affected by the changing
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traditional historian who has “spent a decade or more mastering a discipline” and thus “sits awkwardly” at the thought that “anyone can be historian.” Indeed‚ as Conrad argues‚ in this Age of Wikipedia anyone and everyone can own history. This democratisation of history‚ which has been galvanised by post-modernism‚ has troubled traditional historians‚ exemplifying the conflict between academic and popular history. Ultimately‚ the only way to overcome such a conflict‚ is for the historian to be “involved
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government has no right to abolish slavery in every state against their will. But then again the federal government has to maintain the authority so they can overrule the state laws‚ so they can make sure that everyone is treated equally. As the historians Sean Wilentz and John Ashworth describe‚ the North’s commitment to
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However‚ primary sources are not always the best things for an historian and students to study if they are wishing to receive a completely accurate and unbiased outline of history. In many cases primary sources‚ such as Words of the Bewitched‚ and Observations of New England Indians‚ are riddled with fallacies and clumsy mishaps that causes their veracity to be analyzed. While certain aspects of primary sources make them unreliable to historians‚ other key points such as originality‚ emotional connection
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Hispana was in 108 when the legion helped build a stone fortress in York. A theory that many historians believe that 5‚000 of Rome’s best soldiers were lost in Caledonia‚ as they marched north to quench a rebellion. The Ninth Legion was deployed to stop a rebellion of several tribes of British warriors‚ mainly the Picts or Celtics‚ but ended up inflicting a defeat upon the IX Legion. Although some historians believe the legion disappeared in Britain‚ in about 117 CE‚ there are some soldiers who served
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Project Officer: This interview is being conducted for the project ‘Making history: the discipline in perspective’‚ and the Project Officer Danny Millum will be speaking to Professor Eric Hobsbawm about his experience of‚ and views on‚ changes in the discipline and the academic profession of history. Professor Hobsbawm‚ may we start with your giving us some brief biographical information? Eric Hobsbawm: I was born during World War One‚ in Egypt‚ which has no relevance to my subsequent life
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this sense primary does not mean superior. It refers to creation by the primary players‚ and is distinguished from a secondary source‚ which is a historical work‚ like a scholarly book or article‚ built up from primary sources. Ideally‚ a historian will use all available primary sources created by the people involved‚ at the time being studied. In practice some sources have been destroyed‚ while others are not available for research. Perhaps the only eyewitness reports of an event may be memoirs
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it. He couldn’t." He couldn’t because of the pressure exerted by the abolitionists and the slaves themselves‚ other historians say. Blacks did not wait for white people to free them‚ they say. At least 180‚000 blacks fought in the Civil War. And Douglass was one of Lincoln’s harshest critics. He constantly pushed Lincoln to move aggressively against slavery. The historian William Jelani Cobb wrote in a recent New Yorker essay on slavery: "On the hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Emancipation
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Several historians have similar beliefs as to why the Russians managed to defeat Napoleon. However‚ different historians place more weight to some reasons than others. In this essay I will present the viewpoints of three different historians‚ Lefebvre‚ Thompson‚ and Connelly‚ and discuss what they argue are the chief reasons for the defeat of Napoleon. This essay will also present the viewpoints of a Napoleonic foot soldier and compare and contrast the viewpoints of the Napoleonic foot soldier to
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