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r/AskHistorians was founded August 28, 2011 as a question and answer forum for sharing historical knowledge. [5] It grew to be one of the largest online history forums. [3] [4] [2] The site's rules state that all answers must be serious and based in reliable academic sources, and regular contributors who demonstrate an expert level of knowledge in their field are given a "flair" which displays ...
To answer research questions, historians rely on various types of evidence to reconstruct the past and support their conclusions. Historical evidence is usually divided into primary and secondary sources. [30] A primary source is a source that originated during the period that is studied.
The series, four years in planning, began on 18 January 2010 and was broadcast over 20 weeks. [1] A book to accompany the series, A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor, was published by Allen Lane on 28 October 2010. [2] The entire series is also available for download along with an audio version of the book for purchase.
In June 1606, the London Company was granted a charter for a section of the continent south of that given to the Plymouth Company. [1] Both companies established settlements in 1607 - the London Company in Jamestown, [1] and the Plymouth Company in Plymouth. Soon, the term Virginia came to refer only to that part of North America covered by the ...
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by the American white nationalist author Michael H. Hart. Published by his father's publishing house, it was his first book and was reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history.
Polybius' Histories begin in the year 264 BC and end in 146 BC (Polybius was born around 200 BC and died around 117 BC). He is primarily concerned with the 53 years in which Ancient Rome became a dominant world power.
However, this draft definition prompted some challenges on the H-Public listserv from people in the field, [2] who raised questions about whether public history is solely an endeavor by professional or trained historians, or if shared historical authority should be a key element of the field. Others have pointed out that the existence of many ...
Long, Pamela O. "The Annales and the History of Technology", Technology and Culture, 46#1 (2005), pp. 177–186 in Project Muse; Megill, Allan. "Coherence and Incoherence in Historical Studies: From the Annales School to the New Cultural History", New Literary History, 35#2 (2004), pp. 207–231 in Project Muse; Rubin, Miri.