The Xia Dynasty of China ( from c. 2100 to c. 1600 BC ) is the first dynasty to be described in ancient historical records such as Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian and Bamboo Annals.

Records of the Grand Historian is the first among Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical books covering a period of history from 3000 BCE to the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century.

Historian Ron Chernow is of the opinion that his frustrations in dealing with government officials during this conflict led him to advocate the advantages of a strong national government and a vigorous executive agency that could get results ; other historians tend to ascribe Washington's position on government to his later American Revolutionary War service.

Sima Qian ( 145-86 BC ), a Prefect of the Grand Scribes ( 太史令 ) of the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC-220 AD ), is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography because of his universal history, the Records of the Grand Historian ( 史記 ).

Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while " some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, derived from the Old Irish Samuin meaning " summer's end ".

Historian Jim Bradbury has summarised the contemporary historical opinion of John's positive qualities, observing that John is today usually considered a " hard-working administrator, an able man, an able general ".

Historian Kennieth Guthrie writes that " Numenius is perhaps the only recognized Greek philosopher who explicitly studied Moses, the prophets, and the life of Jesus.

Quoting Gérard de Nerval Art Historian Jean-Yves Heurtebise has further proposed that Dutch mannerism would typically use an otherwise general principle of Art History consisting of " the ability to capture what is different and to become different itself in this process "

Historian Werner Maser stated that " the claim that the Soviet Union was at the time threatened by Hitler, as Stalin supposed ,... is a legend, to whose creators Stalin himself belonged.

Historian and philosopher of science Patrick Singy claims that the DSM-5 is about to drastically loosen the criteria for paraphilias and to make them directly dependent on cultural values.

Historian Isaak Rozental says, " Their Kremlin ’ s approach is not to study history but to use it.

He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography for his highly praised work, Records of the Grand Historian, a " Jizhuanti "- style general history of China, covering more than two thousand years from the Yellow Emperor to Emperor Wu of Han.

A star catalogue is featured in one of the chapters of the late 2nd-century-BC history work Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian ( 145-86 BC ) and contains the " schools " of Shi Shen and Gan De's work ( i. e. the different constellations they allegedly focused on for astrological purposes ).

Historian John Stow, writing in his Survey of London ( 1598 ), noted ' this place is called the Star Chamber, because the roof thereof is decked with the likeness of stars gilt ...' The chamber's description is regarded as the most likely explanation for its name by the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Historian Donald Morris holds that it is somewhere on Couper Street in the village of Stanger, South Africa.

Historian Patrick Allitt of the Teaching Company suggested that it is difficult to overestimate the long term economic benefits of political stability.

Historian of psychology Mark Altschule observes that, " It is difficult — or perhaps impossible — to find a nineteenth-century psychologist or psychiatrist who did not recognize unconscious cerebration as not only real but of the highest importance.

This date could be revised if the tomb of Qin Shi Huang is excavated and the account in the Records of the Grand Historian concerning a model map of the empire is proven to be true.

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.

The Xia Dynasty (; ; c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC ) is the first dynasty in China to be described in ancient historical chronicles such as Bamboo Annals, Classic of History and Records of the Grand Historian.

The Records of the Grand Historian and the Classic of Rites say that Yu the Great is the grandson of Zhuanxu, but there are also other records, like Ban Gu, that say Yu is the fifth generation of Zhuanxu.

Historian William Gienapp has concluded that Brooks ' " assault was of critical importance in transforming the struggling Republican party into a major political force.

Historian Wilson D. Miscamble argues that Kennan played a critical role in shaping the foreign policies of the Truman administration.

Historian Edwin Coddington, otherwise critical of Slocum's dilatory response, found that it was highly doubtful whether they could have deployed beyond the town in time to mount a counterattack in support of the retreating XI Corps.

Historian Gérard Bouchard, who also published a book critical of Lionel Groulx, has been very critical of The Traitor and the Jew.

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

Historian Barry Adam notes, " Every social movement must choose at some point what to retain and what to reject out of its past.

Historian Henry Reynolds notes of George Augustus Robinson: " His guilt and need for self-justification were clearly apparent in a eulogy he delivered on the death of Manalargenna in December 1836.

Military Historian Jacques Garnier, analysing the battle in Jean Tulard's Dictionnaire Napoléon, notes that only the muddy, sodden ground, hampering an efficient deployment of the French artillery and infantry, prevented a much more emphatic victory.

Historian Mark Dion notes that Fernão related the same story in his writing, only adding that a Muslim in their society was the only acceptable replacement as ruler.

Historian Tom Buchanan notes that in parts of the British public at the time, " Cruelty and violence were thought to be ' old Spanish customs ' — due in equal parts to the legacy of the Inquisition and the bull-ring.

Historian George Bilias notes that had Howe attacked Brooklyn Heights, the capture of even half of Washington's army, and possibly Washington himself, might have had a significant effect on the rebellion.

Historian Constance Myers notes that while " initial prognoses for the union of Trotskyists and Socialists were favorable ," it was only later when " constant and protracted contact caused differences to surface.

Historian Stephen Fox notes, " In the 1930s most of the three thousand members were middle-aged Republicans.

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 Alexandra Walsham notes that the modern understanding of the word " toleration " may be very different from its historic meaning.

Historian David Rock notes that, beyond putting an end to caudillismo, Sarmiento's main achievements in government concerned his promotion of education.

" Historian Hubert F. van der Berg also notes that the socialist ideal of " a new life ", implicitly adopted by Janco, was a natural peacetime development of Dada's discourse about " the new man ".

Historian Jerah Johnson notes: “ Because most African slaves brought to Louisiana were males, great numbers married Indian women, whom the French colonials had early enslaved as food growers, cooks, bedfellows, and translators.

" Historian Michael Foss also notes this contrast " For more than three hundered and fifty years, from the time when the Caliph Omar made a treaty with the Patriarch Sophronius until 1009, when mad al-Hakim began attacks on Christians and Jews, the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land were open to the West, with an easy welcome and the way there was no more dangerous than a journey from Paris to Rome .... Soon al-Hakim the panic was over.

Historian Erich Haberer notes that many survived and made sense of the " totalitarian atomization " of society by seeking conformity with Communism.

Historian David Kahn notes, " Kasiski died on May 22, 1881, almost certainly without realizing that he had wrought a revolution in cryptology " ( The Codebreakers ).

Historian George Herring notes the " remarkable and fortuitous economic and diplomatic gains " produced by the Jay Treaty.

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Historian Theodore Draper notes that Browder " was influenced by an offshoot of the syndicalist movement which believed in working in the AF of L ( American Federation of Labor ).

Historian Carlo D ' Este notes that members of Eisenhower's staff denied that there was ever an affair between them, and dismisses Summersby's book as " fanciful ".< ref >

Historian Linda Cordell notes that ... the late pithouses are often clues to relatively short-term changes in settlement location and adjustment to climatic fluctuations.

Historian Jacek Jędruch notes that out of the 53 disrupted sejms, 32 were disrupted due to liberum veto.