question many historians grapple with. In Doris Bergen’s book‚ “War and Genocide‚” she explains how the Holocaust happened in terms of how a house burns down. “Three things are required‚” she writes; kindling‚ a spark to start the fire‚ and complying weather. In terms of the Holocaust‚ these three factors are the deeply seeded antisemitism‚ Hitler and Nazism‚ and a public of compliant bystanders and collaborators. Most historians agree on these three implementing factors‚ however historians still tend
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failed had been subject to much debate. Most historians who have studied Chartism can be grouped into threes reason why Chartism failed; Chartism failed because if economic and social changes‚ Chartism failed because of internet weakness of the movement and internal divisions within the movement and Chartism did not really fail in the truest sense of the word‚ it was defeated by the state. The economic and social change interpretation‚ some historians have argued that improving economic conditions
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“That which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow.” Consider knowledge issues raised by this statement in two areas of knowledge. Nowadays‚ due to for example technological development‚ every day can bring us a new knowledge. Something that yesterday was unthinkable‚ today turned into reality. Does that work in the opposite way? Does knowledge from hundreds of years ago is still considered as truth? Does knowledge have a period of validity? I found it very interesting
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Toynbee’s “A Study of History”‚ an interpretation of the rise and fall of western civilization. This summarises primary sources by analysing the causes and effects of events‚ and draws conclusions based on evidence. The difficulty here is that the historian can be selective with facts and include only those that support his theory. One of the problems of both types of sources is that they can contain bias that can be mis-interpreted. Language‚ both written evidence and oral tradition
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philosopher R. G. Collingwood argued that history is always a product of the relationship between the past and the present. He argued that there are no "pure" facts. They all come to us through the mind of the one who records them. As the famous historian Fustel de Coulanges said‚ "Do not applaud me. It is not I who speaks to you‚ but history which speaks through my mouth." I think first to understand the weight of truth in relation to history‚ I must define what history is about: - History is
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city of Hiroshima‚ Japan. Tens of thousands of civilians were instantly killed from the explosion and as time passed‚ the death toll almost doubled due to exposure to radiation and other aftereffects from the bomb (LeMay & Tibbets). To this day‚ historians debate over very controversial ideas concerning the attack. Many people justify the use of the nuclear bombs by reasoning that the attack was what broke Japan’s spirit and ended the war. Consequently‚ one of the debates is over whether or not
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how the historians accounted for the arrival of Native Americans in the Western Hemisphere is what I would like to elaborate more on as well as the similarities/differences to the great civilizations of the Aztecs‚ Mayas‚ and Incas‚ in which the Native Americans fashioned a similar hierarchical social order. I agree with the historians being accountable for the arrival of the Native Americans in which I will speak on and provide evidence. What has to come to my knowledge about the historians along
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Korean historians were interested in nation and independence. One of the main tasks of that time was to identify “minjok”‚ explain historical past of Korea and show its independence and uniqueness. Sin Ch’aeho was a pioneer in reinventing Korean history‚ who wrote “A New Reading of History” in a different way than existed before. One of the main features of Sin Ch’aeho is that he wrote a lot about mijok and criticized previous historians arguing that they
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Scarabs were popular amulets in ancient Egypt. They survive in large numbers and‚ through their inscriptions and typology‚ they are an important source of information for archeologists and historians of the Ancient world. They also represent a significant body of ancient art. For reasons that are not clear (although no doubt connected to the religious significance of the Egyptian god Khepri)‚ amulets in the form of scarab beetles had became enormously popular in Ancient Egypt by the early Middle
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‘Deutsche Zeitung’ wrote‚ “Today ... a disgraceful treaty is being signed.” This emphasises the resentment that the German public felt towards this injustice. This reaction created a climate that was perfect for the rise of the Nazi Party just as historian Mommensen suggested‚ “[The Treaty of Versailles] created in Germany a political climate in which it was exceedingly difficult for a democratic system to develop.” Due to the animosity that was rising up in Germany against the Treaty and the German
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