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For example, traditional periodizations of Chinese history follow the main dynasties, [48] and the division into pre-Columbian, colonial, and post-colonial periods plays a central role in the history of the Americas. [49] Historians draw on evidence from various fields to examine prehistory, including fossils like Lucy.
Gregory Clark, A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (2007) Ronald Findlay and Kevin O’Rourke, Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (2007) Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers (1953) Eric Roll, A History of Economic ...
One significant secular example of a biography from this period is the life of Charlemagne by his courtier Einhard. In Medieval Western India, there was a Sanskrit Jain literary genre of writing semi-historical biographical narratives about the lives of famous persons called Prabandhas.
For example, the American Journal of Physics (AJP) specifically advises authors that an introduction “need not summarize”. Instead, the introduction can provide “background and context”, and/or indicate “purpose and importance”, and/or describe the raison d'être for an article (i.e. motivation) in a way that is “informative and ...
An example of this would be France's colonial rule over most of Africa during the 20th century. Before World War I broke out, there were no specific aims for the wars in Africa from the French, which left Africans in a “lost” state. The military potential of Africa was emphasized over its economic potential, at first.
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The History of Statistics in the 17th and 18th Centuries against the changing background of intellectual, scientific and religious thought (Lectures by Karl Pearson given at University College London during the academic sessions 1921-1933). New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 744. ISBN 978-0-02-850120-8. Salsburg, David (2001).
An example of this shift is the influential multi-volume work A History of Indian Philosophy by Surendranath Dasgupta (1887–1952). Philosophers during this period were influenced both by their own traditions and by new ideas from Western philosophy. [129] Swami Vivekananda argued that all religions are valid paths toward the divine.