death of the last Sassanid ruler of Persia during the Muslim conquest and an end to the Zoroastrian influence in Iran. Ferdowsi started writing the Shahnameh in 977 A.D and completed it on 8 March 1010.[3] The Shahnameh is a monument of poetry and historiography‚ being mainly the poetical recast of what Ferdowsi‚ his contemporaries‚ and his predecessors regarded as the account of Iran’s ancient history. Many such accounts already existed in prose‚ an example being the Shahnameh of AbuMansur Daqiqi. A
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The history of Rebellion of 1857 is much debated and volumes of writings are written on this particular issue. There are different interpretations in which this iconic event has been portrayed in historiographies of modern India‚ and to the debates that have come to surround its nature and nomenclature. This interpretive spectrum encompasses colonial interpretation‚ feudal interpretation‚ subaltern interpretation and the nationalist interpretation. Among all such interpretations‚ it is nationalist
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BOOK REVIEW REVIEWER Author: Walter Arthur McCray Name: Isiorhovoja U. Osbert Title: The Black Presence in the Bible Delta State University‚ Abraka. and the Table of Nations Genesis 10:1-32 Place: Maryknoll‚ New York Publisher: Black Light Fellowship Date: 1990 Pages: 11-59 The Homeward Journey to the Black’s Root Introduction There is recourse today for many to trace history to their root or ancestral home in order to know their background. There are
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Mr Chris Work for week beginning 7th November Year 7 The castle project was quite a lengthy one‚ so if you have not finished that‚ please complete that. If you finish that‚ please complete the worksheet found at http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year7links/church/medievalchurch.pdf. If you do not have your exercise books‚ please do it on paper. Any problems‚ please contact me at christopher@sis.edu. Thanks‚ Mr Chris. Year 8 The work on Elizabeth was quite lengthy‚ so if you have not finished
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Even though the Titanic sunk over one hundred years ago‚ the writing has not stopped. In less then a day after the Titanic sank‚ the New York Evening Sun printed the article titled‚ “ ALL SAVED FROM TITANIC AFTER COLLISION.” After a day later after gathering new information‚ the previous article was replaced with “ TITANIC SINKS‚1500 DIE.” Some of the survivors wrote stories about the beginning of their trip to America all the way to the sinking of the Titanic. People have even written poems about
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have tried to analyze and create theories regarding the correlation of women and their involvement in conflicts the world cover. One feminist term from the early 1970’s‚ "Her-story"‚ stressed the absence of women from "His-story" in conventional historiography (Weber‚ 2006). The common trend of mentioning women in history is that they are usually mentioned as secondary characters such as wives‚ mothers and sisters. A theory that fights against this is the Feminist Peace and Conflict Theory which asserts
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3.4. Chronotope in Jerusalem Different from Tira‚ Jerusalem is a hybrid space inhabited by Palestinians and Jews. Palestinians with “blue ID card” and “orange ID card” can work in Jerusalem (114). The protagonist of the novel Eyad is the only Palestinian character in the novel who crosses the physical roadblocks but fails to cross the social roadblocks that Israel has set up to manage the Palestinian population. Though he leaves Tira to study in Jerusalem‚ he must frequently travel back and forth
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1) Contrary to traditional historiography‚ Pipes states that tsarism need not have collapsed. So why did it? a. Pipes explains that‚ despite what many historians view (in hindsight) as the “inevitable” collapse of tsarism‚ that no one could have foreseen its end. That revolutionaries “acted with such reckless abandon” because they believed it would have no consequences for the regime (11). b. He also cites the fact that foreign states were investing in the tsarist government‚ with nothing to indicate
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The authority of a monarchical power is not usually associated with limitations‚ but following the Norman conquest‚ the English kings faced a fluctuation of restrictions. While much of the threats to their sovereignty came from kingdoms from outside of their territory‚ perhaps the greater checks came from their own subjects. This did not mean that the rulers of England found themselves without any power to wield‚ but rather that they found themselves in a constant negotiation as to what their position
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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment in Europe With the emergence of the scientific revolution in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries‚ modern sciences like physics‚ mathematics‚ astronomy‚ biology and chemistry transformed the view of the society and its nature. Advances in scientific thought brought about changes in the way man perceived and made sense of his surroundings‚ thereby fostering immense changes in traditional beliefs and thought systems‚ and more so in religion. From the advent
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