The Records of the Grand Historian states that the Shang Dynasty moved its capital six times.

Historian Beau Riffenburgh states that the promise to Scott " should never ethically have been demanded ", and compares Scott's intransigence on this matter unfavourably with the generous attitudes of the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, who gave freely of his advice and expertise to all, whether they were potential rivals or not.

Historian Jean Flori states that contemporary historians generally accept that Richard was predominantly homosexual.

Historian Sylviane Diouf states that " Each vassal kingdom — Walo, Takrur, Kayor, Baol, Sine, Salum, Wuli, and Niani — recognized the hegemony of Jolof and paid tribute.

Historian Donald Morris states that Shaka's first major battle against Zwide, of the Ndwandwe, was the Battle of Gqokli Hill, on the Mfolozi river.

Historian Henry Commager wrote that " Even when definitions of terrorism allow for state terrorism, state actions in this area tend to be seen through the prism of war or national self-defense, not terror .” While states may accuse other states of state-sponsored terrorism when they support insurgencies, individuals who accuse their governments of terrorism are seen as radicals, because actions by legitimate governments are not generally seen as illegitimate.

Historian Henry F. Graff states that Harding was sterile and that Harding's affair with Britton ended after Harding assumed the presidency.

Historian Kiyoshi Watatani states that the ninja were trained to be particularly secretive about their actions and existence:

The Spring and Autumn Annals states that Sun Tzu was born in Qi, while the later Records of the Grand Historian ( Shiji ) states that Sun Tzu was a native of Wu.

Historian Donald R. Wright states that " In the last decade of the fifteenth century, a group of nyancho lineages from Kaabu moved north of the Gambia River and took over an area on the southern edge of the weakening Jolof Empire.

Historian Geoffrey Best called the period from 1856 to 1909 the law of war ’ s “ epoch of highest repute .” The defining aspect of this period was the establishment, by states, of a positive legal or legislative foundation ( i. e., written ) superseding a regime based primarily on religion, chivalry, and customs.

Historian David Chandler quotes Saxe: Chandler also states that Saxe admired the superior discipline and formations of the allies and quotes from a letter that Saxe wrote to Frederick the Great in September 1746:

Historian Digby Smith states.

Greek Historian Dimitri Kitsikis in his book, Türk Yunan İmparatorluğu (" Turco-Greek Empire ") states that many Christian families were willing to comply with devşirme because it offered the possibility of great social advancement.

Historian Stephen W. Sears, however, states that there is no basis to the claims that Hooker was either a heavy drinker, or that he was ever intoxicated on the battlefield.

Historian Richard Mitchell states that patrician families were initially those who held positions within the priesthoods, and that the ancient Senate, composed of patricians, was a religious advisory body.

Historian Benny Morris states that a more realistic figure is somewhere on the scale of 10, 000 soldiers and civilians killed.

Historian Leon Litwack states in his essay " Hellhounds ", however, that during an investigation by a white detective that was separate to the Wells-organised investigation, Cranford's wife revealed that Hose had never entered the house and had acted in self-defence.

Historian James M. Hargett states that by the time of the Song Dynasty, gazetteers became far more geared towards serving the current political, administrative, and military concerns than in gazetteers of previous eras, while there were many more gazetteers compiled on the local and national levels than in previous eras.

Historian Peter K. Bol states that local gazetteers composed in this manner were the result of increased domestic and international trade that facilitated greater local wealth throughout China.

Historian Timothy Brook states that Ming Dynasty gazetteers demonstrate a shift in the attitudes of Chinese gentry towards the traditionally lower merchant class.

Historian Henry Brooks Adams explains that the anti-slavery North took a consistent and principled stand on states ' rights against Federal encroachment throughout its history, while the Southern states, whenever they saw an opportunity to expand slavery and the reach of the slave power, often conveniently forgot the principle of states ' rights — and fought in favor of Federal centralization:

Historian William Cooper presents the exactly opposite southern perspective:

Historian Michael Glover presents Carnot as a meddler.

Historian Angela Ballara presents evidence that the wars simply continued the traditional conflicts between and within the many hapū of New Zealand waged from about the mid 18th century.

Historian Alex Woolf, however, presents the case that the genealogists have erroneously inserted Bede's Cadwallon into the pedigree of the unrelated Kings of Gwynedd as son of Cadfan.

A 2010 biography by Stanford Franklin, " Eugen Weber The Greatest Historian of our Times: Lessons of Greatness to the Future " presents Weber's life and works in positive terms.

Historian Nicholas Campion has discussed the roots of the notion that celestial and psychological realms are connected, which can be traced to the sixth century BC, and in Ptolemy's case presents a mixture of Aristotelian and Stoic philosophy, resting on the Platonic view that " the soul comes from the heavens " which explains " how human character comes to be determined by the heavens ".

Historian Neil Davidson notes that “ after 1746 there was an entirely new level of participation by Scots in political life, particularly outside Scotland ”.

Nowadays, many Sinologists argue that the “ burying of scholars ”, as recorded in Grand Historian, is not literally true, as the term probably meant simply " put to death.

Historian Mobo Gao went as far as to criticise such attitudes, suggesting that “ from the perspectives of the rural residents, the educated youth had a good life.

Historian and Forrest biographer Brian Steel Wills writes, “ While there is no doubt that Forrest joined the Klan, there is some question as to whether he actually was the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan .” The KKK ( the Klan ) was formed by veterans of the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1866 and soon expanded throughout the state and beyond.

Historian Rogers Smith noted on the subject “ lawmakers frequently admitted, indeed boasted, that such measures as complex registration rules, literacy and property tests, poll taxes, white primaries, and grandfather clauses were designed to produce an electorate confined to a white race that declared itself supreme ”, notably rejecting the 14th and 15th Amendments to the American Constitution.

UNSCOM ’ s intention of identifying and eliminating Iraqi weapons programs resulted in numerous successes, illustrating the “ value of a system approach to biological arms verification ,” as former UNSCOM Historian Stephen Black has written.

Specifically, he was harking back to the “ Grand Historian ” himself, Sima Qian ( ca.

* Gordon A. Craig, “ Johannes von Müller: The Historian in Search of a Hero ,” in: The American Historical Review 74 ( 1969 ), pp. 1487 – 1502.

Historian Johann Huizinga writes, “ It is astonishing that the Church, which so rigorously repressed the slightest deviations from dogma of a speculative character, suffered the teaching of this breviary of the aristocracy ( for the Roman de la Rose was nothing else ) to be disseminated with impunity .”

Historian Paul Avrich characterizes Razin ’ s revolt as a “ curious mixture of brigandage and revolt ,” similar to other popular uprising of the period.

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Historian Vincent A. Smith says, “ It must be admitted that a personal visit of the Apostle Thomas to South India was easily feasible in the traditional belief that he came by way of Socotra, where an ancient Christian settlement undoubtedly existed.

Historian Nikki Keddie notes that the movement was significant because “ Iranians saw for the first time that it was possible to win out against the Shah and foreign interests … there is a direct line from the coalition which participated in the tobacco movement … culminating in the Constitutional Revolution ” and arguably the 1979 Iranian Revolution as well.

Historian Herbert Aptheker has noted that “ Walker ’ s Appeal is the first sustained written assault upon slavery and racism to come from a black man in the United States.

The Official Historian Brigadier Edmonds later wrote that “ in every respect the Expeditionary Force of 1914 was incomparably the best trained, best organised and best equipped British Army ever to leave these shores ”

Historian Lance Banning wrote, “ The legislators of Kentucky ( or more likely, John Breckinridge, the Kentucky legislator who sponsored the resolution ) deleted Jefferson's suggestion that the rightful remedy for federal usurpations was a " nullification " of such acts by each state acting on its own to prevent their operation within its respective borders.