them as well. “He ordered the natives to find a certain amount of gold . . . if they did not meet their quota‚ their arms were hacked off.” “History‚ then‚ is both the past and the study of the past.” History can be used for many things. Some historians believe we can learn from the past‚ while others believe that there is a limit to the usefulness of history. I had no idea that the possibility of using history to solve today’s problems existed. Both points of view make sense. On one hand‚ world
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American Historians’ Debate on the Civil War The American Civil War has without a doubt left a permanent divide on this great nation’s past and present. American historians still debate the causes of a war that began in 1861 between the Union states and Confederacy states. The war can be seen as caused by the principle of slavery‚ the growing tension between northern and southern ideology or due to a crack in the political system of the time. United States’ history classes focus on teaching students
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Date: April 18‚ 2012 Subject: Book Review The book “Imperial Germany 1871-1918” by Volker R. Berghahn has the under title Economy‚ Society‚ Culture and Politics and was first published in 1994 by Berghahn books. The used edition is the revised and expanded edition published in 2005 and summarizes the events in the ‘Kaiserreich’ (1871-1918). Furthermore‚ the book has 388 pages and is divided in five parts which are Economy‚ Society‚ Culture‚ the Realm of Politics‚ and World War
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that it blamed the war solely on Germany. Thus we see how the official primary sources blamed German aggression as the main and only cause of the war. However the causes of the war are now widely debated by historians with some going as far as blaming U.K. for the war. One such historian is American Paul.W. Schroeder. He says that the cause of the war was what he called Britain’s “encirclement" policy which was directed at Austria-Hungary. Schroeder argued that British foreign policy was anti-German
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Game by MacMillan piqued my interest to elaborate on. In this chapter‚ she emphasizes that history is written by many historians who have their own views‚ interpretations‚ and biases. In this regard‚ she implies that we should not simply believe in what historians claim‚ but dig into its sources and figure out from many perspectives. There are many ‘bad’ history produced by historians without offering a wide range of views and this can be used as an instrument that can largely influence on people by
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Chan‚ Willien | Tiu‚ Carlo Hidde van der Wall HI18 - Section G The Nobles’ Views on Homosexuality and Slaves during Nero’s Reign The text we have chosen is a chapter of historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus’s work called “The Annals.” The chapter is titled Tacitus: On Homosexuality and focuses primarily on slight themes of homosexuality during Emperor Nero’s reign. The type of document is an annal (akin to its name)‚ which is a concise form of historical representation that is chronologically
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parts of the world. ISSUE 2. Were the Aryans Responsible for the Demise of the Indus Valley Civilization? YES: Stanley Wolpert‚ from A New History of India‚ 6th ed. NO: Jonathan Mark Kenoyer‚ from Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization Historian Stanley Wolpert states that the Aryan invasion of the Indus Valley did occur and that it played a role in the demise of the Indus Valley civilization. Archaeologist Jonathan Mark Kenoyer counters that there is little proof that the Aryan invasion
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could. Source A‚ on the sheet‚ say that “Women at their marketing‚ men at their daily trade... all learned to know the sweet smell of burning flesh.” This was written by a historian in 1940 so it is not very reliable‚ however it does show that a lot of burnings took place. Source D‚ on the sheet‚ is written by D. Loades‚ a historian‚ in 1991 said that “Mary personally bears the responsibility for the death of nearly 300 heretics‚ but she also executed traitors more ruthlessly than either her father
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eighteenth century to modern day‚ but also there are hardly any sources that come from the viewpoint of a well-educated‚ free slave. When reading this excerpt one needs to keep in mind biases when it comes to reading an excerpt of a freed slave. Historian can use this excerpt to better understand what it meant to be a slave during this viewpoint. The author of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is Gustavuis Vassa‚ a former slave who writes upon what he had seen while he was
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Polybius Polybius was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period born in Megalopolis‚ Arcadia (200-118 B.C). He was the son of Lycortas‚ also a Greek Politician who became the Cavalry commander of the Achaean league (a Hellenistic period of alliance between Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese). The Achaean league existed between 280 and 146 B.C‚ and at that time Polybius was also a member of the Achaean league in which he spent trying to maintain the independence of Macedonia
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