Historian

Their contributions to science, politics, literature, and philosophy are still being studied and built upon all around the world. The art produced by this culture is still on display in museums everywhere, and is heavily studied by an aspiring art historian. Greek art is divided into several periods, starting with the earliest geometric paintings and ending with the lively, theatrical sculptures of the Hellenistic period. Varying greatly from the stiff, emotionless sculptures found earlier in…

whatever they wanted and no man or country seemed poised to stop them. That is until of course they decided to once again invade and attempt to conqueror Greece. In this book written by Barry Strauss titled “The Battle of Salamis” we as readers and historians are better able to understand this naval battle and the events which led up to it. In his…

which makes historians the lawyers of sociology. Each representative presents facts in order to persuade readers to believe their ideology. On June 21, 1788, the United States Constitution was ratified. This ratification would provide numerous points of debate for historians, for society was divided into two groups: the strict interpretationists and loose interpretationists. The division into two groups created two sides; therefore, ultimately creating a trivial subject for historians. The…

1. The boom was the direct result of “new technologies and New industries” and was fuelled by the devastation caused by World War II in the previously thriving European countries, which allowed them to “buy American products” which helped boost the US’ economy. 2. Source 2 shows a general overview of how American’s saw the nuclear arms race, at the time American citizens saw it as ‘the gravest problem’. Americans were shocked that now technology had allowed for mass death and destruction, a…

been avoided, has become a fascination of historians over the last century. The fact that the Civil War occurred, along with a multitude of grievances and differences that spurned both the North and South into conflict are proof that an armed conflict was bound to happen. The perfect conditions which would have needed to be present in order to avoid the Civil War were simply not present; thus, the Civil War was inevitable. The majority of historians agree that the Civil War was unavoidable…

The beginning of longest rule of any religion, empire, civilization, ethnic group, and dynasty prevailed over subcontinent for around 800 years that is “The Mughal Empire” founded by Mongol leader Babur. The era of Mughals flourished in laws, medicine, wars, trade, famine, taxation, languages, arts and literature, gardens, masjids and other secular building. Minorities were considered in this reign as they introduced Shariah laws that resolve legal disputes, Hindus were protected under the law…

Harbour was a great success. All quotes support that it was a Japanese success. Michael Slackman, a consulting historian to the U.S. Navy, described the attack as “almost textbook perfect”.8This perspective is similar to that given by book Target: Pearl Harbor (1990). Gordon Prange, the battle’s leading historian, judged it “brilliantly conceived and meticulously planned." Two historians believed that the Pearl Harbour was a success and they have achieved their goal to destroy the American army…

Kornilov was not without his critics. His heroic actions differ from an account by General Brusilov, his superior. The Danish historian Munck points out Brusilov’s account of the capture of Kornilov. In this account, Kornilov and his troops were surrounded and taken prisoner, because he did not follow the order to withdraw his division, and this coincides with earlier actions where Kornilov disregarded the expressed order to withdraw which cause excessive and unnecessary loss of troops. In a…

Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy is a book written by Annette Gordon-Reed in 1997 which had become controversial. It talked about the life of Thomas Jefferson and investigated the rumored relationships which had been tackled by historians and the testimony of the black descendants. This book posed challenged on the analysis of the historical issue, reconstructing earlier version and featuring errors, misunderstandings and prejudices. Reed had investigated and swept legal…

John K. Bettersworth of 1959, show the premeditated idea of secession from the southern states to withdrawal from the Union if Lincoln is elected as president. The differences in History books within the United States during different periods, many Historians, powerful individuals, and groups had a slanted viewpoint on slavery and the South. Some used their influence to persuade others, one such group was the UDC. The United Daughters of the Confederacy is an association of female descendants of…