Historians have criticized Davis for being a much less effective war leader than his Union counterpart Abraham Lincoln, which they attribute to Davis being overbearing, controlling, and overly meddlesome, as well as being out of touch with public opinion, and lacking support from a political party ( since the Confederacy had no political parties ).

Historians that attribute responsibility for the war to Athens cite this event as the main cause for blame.

Historians Schweikart and Allen attribute these changes to the tax cuts.

Historians attribute the success of the Canadian Corps in capturing the ridge to a mixture of technical and tactical innovation, meticulous planning, powerful artillery support and extensive training, as well as the failure of the German Sixth Army to properly apply the new German defensive doctrine.

Historians trace Westerners ' use of the word Chinese to denote " confusion " and " incomprehensibility " to the earliest contacts between Europeans and Chinese people in the 1600s, and attribute it to Europeans ' inability to understand and appreciate China's radically different culture and worldview.

Historians attribute Faribault's impressive growth during this period to a number of important milestones which were passed in 1855 and 1856, including the creation of roads connecting to other settlements and trading posts in Iowa and Minnesota Territory, the availability of mail service, and the construction of schools and churches.

Today, the name " Chinese whispers " is said by some to be considered offensive or racist, Historians trace Westerners ' use of the word Chinese to denote " confusion " and " incomprehensibility " to the earliest contacts between Europeans and Chinese people in the 1600s, and attribute it to Europeans ' inability to understand and appreciate China's radically different culture and worldview.

Historians do not believe that he wrote the satire the Factum of 1614 General Bibliography that some authors attribute to him ; he was working in Switzerland when it was published.

Historians will be able to find distinctive traces of a cultural movement before its accepted beginning, and there will always be new creations in old forms.

Historians suppose that Bolesław's absence from the document might be explained by an old Slavic custom whereby children received their inheritance as soon as they reached the age of majority.

Historians have speculated that Thomas Seymour had put her off sexual relationships, or that she knew herself to be infertile.

Historians have largely considered his rule to be a disaster, calling it The Anarchy.

Historians therefore disagree on what qualifies as membership of the Lunar Society, who can be considered to have been members, and even when the society can be said to have existed.

Historians also note that Mani declared himself to be an " apostle of Jesus Christ " Also Manichaean tradition also is noted to have claimed that Mani was the reincarnation of different religious figures from Buddha, Lord Krishna, Zoroaster, and Jesus.

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Historians have noted that naturalists had long been aware that the individuals of a species differed from one another, but had generally considered such variations to be limited and unimportant deviations from the archetype of each species, that archetype being a fixed ideal in the mind of God.

Historians of European witchcraft have found the anthropological definition difficult to apply to European and British witchcraft, where " witches " could equally use ( or be accused of using ) physical techniques, as well as some who really had attempted to cause harm by thought alone.

Historians however suspect this account to be a genealogical fabrication intended to link Constantine I's family to that of a well-respected emperor.

Historians estimate the total number who died due to Mao's persecution in all base areas to be approximately one hundred thousand.

Historians have suggested that the Nican Mopohua can be understood as a variation of the legend of the miracle of the Virgin de los Remedios.

Historians have speculated, on the basis of these contemporary records, that the rumour that the princes had been murdered was deliberately created to be spread in England as an excuse for the October 1483 attempt of Henry Tudor and Buckingham to seize the throne, making Henry and Buckingham other likely suspects.

Historians and biographers have disputed what can be accounted into " Jiang Zemin's legacy ".

Historians are divided on whether or not Edward ever had an official that could be called a chancellor, but they are agreed that Leofric did not hold such an office.

Historians consider it to be the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages.

Historians calculate that if Baldwin Township had never been divided, it would now be the second largest community in Allegheny County, with a population of over 100, 000.

Historians such as John Paget and C. T. Atkinson conclude that he probably did write the letter, but did so only when he knew that it would be received too late for its information to be of any practical use ( the plan of the attack on Brest was widely known, and the French had already begun to strengthen their defences in April ).

Historians however suspect this account to be a genealogical fabrication to flatter Constantine I.

Historians seem to be unsure about Alexander ’ s behavior when it came to his relations with Mongols.

Historians consider Hongwu to be one of the most significant emperors of China.

This film was financed by Archibald MacLeish, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Lillian Hellman, Luise Rainer, Dudley Nichols, Franchot Tone and other Hollywood movie stars, moguls, and writers who composed a group known as the Contemporary Historians.

In 1 Sam 12: 6-17, the Deuteronomic Historians composed a speech of Samuel that puts him as the judge sent by God to save Israel.

Historians believe the chief Upanishads were composed over a wide period ranging from the Pre-Buddhist period to the early centuries BCE though minor Upanishads were still being composed in the medieval and early modern period.

Historians Leonardo Bruni and Flavio Biondo developed a three tier outline of history composed of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern.

Historians typically refer to him as simply Octavius between his birth in 63 until his posthumous adoption by Julius Caesar in 44 BC.

Historians often distinguish between two overlapping forms of colonialism:

Historians question whether the Roman government distinguished between Christians and Jews prior to Nerva's modification of the Fiscus Judaicus in 96 ( Jews paid the tax, Christians did not ).

Historians and theologians regularly review the changing relationship between some Christian groups and the Jewish people ; the article on Christian-Jewish reconciliation studies one recent issue.

Historians say the Virginia courts executed between 26 and 35 slaves.

Historians believe that many of the indigenous peoples of Liberia migrated there from the north and east between the 12th and 16th centuries AD.

Historians often argue this intellectual transformation was a bridge between the Middle Ages and the Modern era.

Historians have heralded the Treaty of Washington for settling the Alabama Claims dispute between Britain and the United States by International Arbitration.

Historians, makers, and players generally distinguish between Renaissance and Baroque viols.

Historians draw a distinction between prehistory and history, with history defined by the advent of writing.

Historians and theologians identify three or four waves of increased religious enthusiasm occurring between the early 18th century and the late 19th century.

Historians have widely debated the nature of the relationship between these African kingdoms and the European traders.

Historians estimate that fully two per cent of the Chinese community was deported between 1923 and 1932, largely under the provisions of the Opium and Narcotics Drugs Act ( ONDA ).

Historians have speculated whether the division between Edward and Thomas began at that time, as Thomas unsurprisingly began to resent his brother and the relationship between them began to dissolve.

Historians speculate that Courbet's erotic painting of her as L ' Origine du monde led to the breakup of the friendship between Whistler and Courbet.

Historians ( such as William St. Clair-Baddeley in 1929 ) have concluded that the Saxons may have launched a surprise attack and seized the site at Hinton Hill because it commanded the Avon Valley and disrupted communications north and south between Bath and her neighbouring Romano-British towns of Gloucester and Cirencester.

Historians have found the tribes on the west of Ireland hardest to identify with known peoples, however Camden and O ' Conor speculated a possible connection between the Gangani and the Concani, one of the eleven tribes in the confederacy of the Cantabri in the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula.

Historians generally recognize the Old Salt Route as part of a much longer path, which functioned as an important connection between the northern and southern reaches of the country.

Historians believe the gun fight was racial in nature between the local Hispanic majority and African American mine workers versus the European American county officials.

Historians of both schools focused on the purge of political, intellectual, economic or military elites, and the struggle between the center and regional party cliques.

" Historians are not yet agreed on the exact role of the societies " in the Whiskey Rebellion, wrote historian Mark Spencer in 2003, " but there was a degree of overlap between society membership and the Whiskey Rebels ".

Historians ' estimation of Philip gradually improved in the 20th century, with comparisons between Philip and his father being increasingly positive — some noting that he possessed much more energy, both mental and physical, than his diffident father.