Historian Peter Longerich observes that Himmler's ability to consolidate his ever-increasing powers and responsibilities into a coherent system under the auspices of the SS led him to become one of the most powerful men in the Third Reich.

" Historian Peter Padfield opined that " Himmler ... appeared the most powerful man under Hitler.

Historian Peter Kolchin wrote, " By breaking up existing families and forcing slaves to relocate far from everyone and everything they knew " this migration " replicated ( if on a reduced level ) many of horrors " of the Atlantic slave trade.

Historian Peter Watson dates the history of long-distance commerce from circa 150, 000 years ago.

* Peter W. Edbury and John G. Rowe, William of Tyre: Historian of the Latin East.

Historian Peter Reese says that, " only one sizeable group of men — all footsoldiers — made good their escape to England.

Historian Peter Spufford indicates that there was a commercial revolution of the 13th century, or that it began at this point, rather than later.

* Historian dismisses Tasmanian aboriginal genocide " myth " ( contains edited transcript of 2002 ABC radio interviews by Peter McCutcheon with historian and author Keith Windschuttle and historian and author Henry Reynolds )

Historian David Woods has proposed that St. Christopher's remains were possibly taken to Alexandria by Peter of Attalia where he may have become identified with the Egyptian martyr Saint Menas.

" Historian Peter Perdue has argued that the decimation of the Dzungars was the result of an explicit policy of massacre launched by the Qianlong emperor

" Historian Peter Perdue attributed the decimation of the Dzungars to an explicit policy of extermination launched by Qianlong, but he also observed signs of a more lenient policy after mid-1757.

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.

* Peter Cottrell ( Historian / Writer )

Historian of Japan Peter Duus has called this assassination a " hideous event, crudely conceived and brutally executed.

* Daniel Walker Howe and Peter Elliott Finn, " Richard Hofstadter: The Ironies of an American Historian ," Pacific Historical Review 43 ( February 1974 ): 1-18 in JSTOR

Historian Peter Schöttler refers to this plan as a western equivalent of the Generalplan Ost.

Historian Peter Linebaugh asserts that regardless of her guilt or innocence, her conviction on such flimsy evidence indicates the bias of 18th century English courts against the trade of prostitution and those who worked in the industry.

Historian Peter Green, in his 1974 book Alexander of Macedon, proposed a way to reconcile the account of Diodorus and Arrian.

Historian Peter Allen states that while the ariborne forces took heavy casualties, Varsity diverted German attention from the Rhine crossing onto themselves.

" Historian Peter Sanderson observed that Barbara Gordon's Batgirl reflected the Women's liberation movement of the 1960s.

" Historian Peter Sanderson observed that while " Barbara Gordon initially conformed to hackneyed stereotypes as a dowdy librarian ... her transformation into Batgirl could be seen in retrospect as a symbol of the emerging female empowerment movement of the 1960s.

Historian Peter Cozzens wrote:

Historian Peter R. Prifti described the book's treatment of the Corfu Channel incident as " a masterful exposition of that tragic incident, and a good indication of the level of scholarship that characterizes the contents of the book.

Historian Peter Raffo has carefully analyzed the oral and written evidence, and concluded, " According to the contemporary historical record, the likelihood is that Rosvall and Voutilainen were not murdered.

" Historian Donald described the speech as a " superb political move for an unannounced candidate, to appear in one rival's ( William H. Seward ) own state at an event sponsored by the second rival's ( Salmon P. Chase ) loyalists, while not mentioning either by name during its delivery.

Historian Ernest Kurtz described the schism:

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.

Historian Isabelle Dervaux has described the reception this painting received when it was first exhibited at the official Paris Salon of 1874: " Visitors and critics found its subject baffling, its composition incoherent, and its execution sketchy.

Historian S. C. Rowell has described his rise to power as taking place through " the familiar processes of marriage, murder and military conquest.

Historian and Africanist Roland Oliver has described the scene as follows:

The Greek historian Herodotus described the hippopotamus in The Histories ( written circa 440 BC ) and the Roman Historian Pliny the Elder wrote about the hippopotamus in his encyclopedia Naturalis Historia ( written circa 77 AD ).

Historian Sean Wilentz described Webster's account of the meeting as " not wholly reliable.

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 Xia Dynasty was described in classic texts such as the Classic of History ( Shujing ), the Bamboo Annals, and the Records of the Grand Historian ( Shiji ) by Sima Qian.

Historian Sidney Toy has described the Bastille as " one of the most powerful fortifications " of the period, and the most important fortification in late medieval Paris.

Historian Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke has described this membership roll and other, similar claims as " spurious " and " fanciful ", noting that Feder, Eckart and Rosenberg were never more than guests to whom the Thule Society extended hospitality during the Bavarian revolution of 1918, although he has more recently acknowledged that Hess and Frank were members of the Society before they came to prominence in the Nazi Party.

Historian Robert Conquest described this system as " a set of phantom institutions and arrangements which put a human face on the hideous realities: a model constitution adopted in a worst period of terror and guaranteeing human rights, elections in which there was only one candidate, and in which 99 percent voted ; a parliament at which no hand was ever raised in opposition or abstention.

Historian Greg Grandin described a disjuncture between official ideals preached by the U. S. and actual U. S. support for terrorism.

" Historian Wilma Dykeman described that night:

Historian David Engel supports this, writing that " there can be no logically or empirically compelling grounds for declaring that some particular episode does or does not merit the label ," but he offers that the majority of the incidents " habitually " described as pogroms took place in societies significantly divided by ethnicity and / or religion where the violence was committed by the higher-ranking group against a stereotyped lower-ranking group against whom they expressed some complaint, and with the belief that the law of the land would not be used to stop them.

Historian R. Allen Brown has described these as " amongst the finest achievements of medieval military architecture England and Wales ".

Historian Richard Kluger, however, described the difficulties of the task:

The only account of the life of Zhuangzi is a brief sketch in chapter 63 of Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, where he is described as a minor official from the town of Meng ( in modern Anhui ) in the state of Song, living in the time of King Hui of Liang and King Xuan of Qi ( late 4th century BCE ).

Historian Arnold Taylor has described Beaumaris Castle as Britain's " most perfect example of symmetrical concentric planning ".

Historian Arnold Taylor described Beaumaris as Britain's " most perfect example of symmetrical concentric planning " and for many years the castle was regarded as the pinnacle of military engineering during Edward I's reign.

Historian Arthur Schlesinger described the legacy of Niebuhr as being contested between American liberals and conservatives, both of whom wanted to claim him.

Historian Larry Tagg described Hill as " always emotional ... so high strung before battle that he had an increasing tendency to become unwell when the fighting was about to commence.

Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as, " the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era ".

The Chinese name for Tian Shan may be derived from the Xiongnu language name qilian (), which was described by Sima Qian in the Records of the Grand Historian as the homeland of the pre-Xiongnu peoples of the region, the Yuezhi, and has been said to refer to the Tian Shan rather than to the range further east now known by this name.