Historians such as Hobson, Sinopoli, and Juleff state that the original damascus was produced from ingots of wootz steel, which originated in India and Sri Lanka and later spread to Persia.

Historians in the Romance languages tend to divide the Middle Ages into two parts: an earlier " High " and later " Low " period.

) Historians argue that it helped inspire later legal protections for freedom of religion in the United States.

Historians agree that the Harpers Ferry raid in 1859 escalated tensions that, a year later, led to secession and the American Civil War.

Historians have noted, however, that Queen Elizabeth I had dozens of Catholics put to death during her reign, despite later history's depiction of her as supporting a " via media " in church polity.

Historians of his time and later were divided on his character and he is often overlooked in the historical record, mainly because of the fame of his successor.

Historians and archaeologists often speak of the " Decapolis cities " and " Decapolis region " even when referring to these cities in later time periods.

Historians are well aware that diaries are often written with a view to later publication.

Historians have customarily treated the state of these later Eastern emperors under the name " Byzantine Empire ", though Byzantine is not a term that the Byzantines ever used to describe themselves.

Historians have always suggested that Gorm was buried first in Queen Thyra's grave mound at Jelling, and later moved by his son, Harald Bluetooth, into the original wooden church in Jelling.

Historians of the 1960s and later stressed that race, class and gender were powerful explanatory tools.

Historians believe the losses from the epidemic made it possible for the English colonists to get a foothold in creating the Massachusetts Bay Colony in later years.

Historians, such as Philip Shaff, have the opinion that: " Irenaeus described a form of Basilideanism which was not the original, but a later corruption of the system.

Historians who have studied these documents have suggested that if such a speech took place, which is usually considered plausible but not proven ( see below ), then this view may have formed the basis for the Nazi-Soviet pact of non-aggression signed in 1939, known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which was also signed days later around 23 – 24 August 1939.

Historians have long disputed whether Congress actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, even though Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all later wrote that they had signed it on that day.

These primitive Australoid tribes, once were pre-historic inhabitants of Goa and Konkan. Nothing more is known about the. Modern communities like Gaudes, Kunbis, Mahars of Konkan today are supposed to be the modern representatives of Proto-Australoids. Originally hunter-gatherers later developed a primitive form of agriculture. Few Konkani words related to agriculture find their roots in Proto-Australoid dialects, e. g.: kumeri-type of farming, mer-field boundary, zonn-share of the surplus production, khazan-type of farm land, kudd-room, body, khomp-hut. These tribes from Konkan speaking early Dravidian languages ( see: Kurukh language ) are believed to be the Mediterraneans. Historians ( Sbjobreg1990: 48 ) maintain that the paleo-Mediterraneans who came to India from north-west passes as early Dravidians formed a heterogeneous racial sub-type. These Mediterraneans or Dravidians as many historians call them, knew the craft of systematized agriculture, and inhabited most of the neolithic India.

Historians have speculated that Medina Sidonia himself did not believe in the success of the Armada, and that this motivated his attempt to reject the command or his later letter to the king in which he advised to seek peace or at least postpone the operation.

He coined the term " history from below ", which was later popularised by the British Marxist Historians.

Historians and biographers now agree that the experience had a profound impact on Guevara, who later became one of the most famous guerrilla leaders in history.

Historians of the Second Empire later regarded the railways as the first indicator of a unified state ; the patriotic novelist, Wilhelm Raabe, wrote: " The German empire was founded with the construction of the first railway ..." Not everyone greeted the iron monster with enthusiasm.

Historians of this period appear united in the view that the Britons of the south-west, known to the Anglo-Saxons as the “ West Welsh ”, Britons or “ Welsh of the Horn Britain ” (‘’ Cornu-Wealha ’’), organised themselves into a realm based on the old Latin tribal definition of the Dumnonii and called “ Dyfnaint ” in the language of the West Welsh, later mutated into “ Dewnans ” in the Cornish language.

Historians such as Philip Shaff have the opinion that " Irenaeus described a form of Basilidianism which was not the original, but a later corruption of the system.

Historians would later name the dynasty after Sassan, Ardashir's grandfather.

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 are undecided if Lincoln actually said this line, and in a letter that Stowe wrote to her husband a few hours after meeting with Lincoln no mention of this comment was made.

Historians have noted the many similarities between the story of Publius Decius Mus, and an event said to have taken place on Sicily in 258 when the Romans were fighting the First Punic War against Carthage.

Historians such as Edwards and Harold Schechter have said this was the elder Colt's way of letting the world know that the boy was his own son without directly saying so.

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 of distance riding said that most of Hopkins ' claims as depicted in the film, including the race, have been ' tall tales ' or hoaxes.

while Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe said, ' Historians might demand a little more history from " Elizabeth: The Golden Age ".

Historians trace in a charter of Frederick II of 1 November 1221 the origin of the name of all the territory surrounding the ancient Church of Manerba, said precisely Tenense: Valtenesi.

Historians are divided on the detail of Ælle's life and existence as it was during the least-documented period in English history of the last two millennia.

Historians widely believe that the widower Thomas Jefferson, both before and during his presidency of the United States in the early 19th century, had an intimate relationship of 38 years with his mixed-race slave Sally Hemings, in such an arrangement, and fathered all of her six children of record.

Historians have concluded that this assignment provided valuable preparation for handling the challenging personalities of Winston Churchill, George S. Patton, George Marshall and General Montgomery during World War II.

Historians estimate that fewer than one million immigrants — perhaps as few as 400, 000 — crossed the Atlantic during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Historians believe that parchment craft originated as an art form in Europe during the 15th or 16th century.

Historians in the " Whiggish " tradition that emerged during the Victorian period traced a progressive and universalist course of political and economic development in England over the medieval period.

Historians have traditionally been resistant to giving Harding good presidential reviews due to the multiple federal department scandals during his administration ; as a result, Harding has received low rankings as President.

Historians dispute King Henry VIII's paternity of one or both of Mary Boleyn's children born during this marriage.

Historians have identified this place as Saketa, a key Buddhist centre during the 5th century BCE ( it is a widely held belief that Buddha visited Ayodhya on several occasions ) which it remained till the 5th century CE.

Historians refer to the material culture of northern Europe during the mass-migrations of the 5th to the 7th centuries as the Germanic Iron Age.

Historians believe that the practice of wearing white surcoats was picked up from the Turks during the crusades, and their purpose was to reflect heat, thus protecting mail from direct sun, which heated the mail and the soldier inside.

Historians were critical of the Bastille in the early 19th century, but now believe the fortress to have been a relatively well-administered institution, albeit deeply implicated in the system of French policing and political control during the 18th century.

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.

Historians have cited these accounts to demonstrate cost of goods and to provide evidence of what servants ' caloric intake was during this period.

Historians have noted that Silver's account of his life experiences during the first half of the 18th century is at variance with the known history of the historical figures he mentions, and that Silver is either exaggerating the range and scope of his exploits for the benefit of Jim Hawkins or for potential pirates he is trying to recruit, or his memory is faulty.

Historians have stated that his patents acted as an impediment to arms production during his lifetime, and that his personal vanity kept his own company from being able to produce a cartridge firearm until 10 years after his death when a patent, filed by a gunsmith he had fired, Rollin White, expired in 1872.

Historians believe the most likely date for an attempt would have been July 13 – 14 of 1944, during one of Hitler's visits to the Berghof.

Historians often put forward many different estimates of the numbers killed during World War II.

Historians report that Constantine, who had never been baptized as a Christian during his lifetime, was baptized on his deathbed by the Arian bishop, Eusebius of Nicodemia.

Historians debate how easy it was to move between these groups during the Italian Renaissance.

Historians during the 1960s and 1970s found particular interest in whether the United States run according to competitive individualism or by cooperation and mutuality.

Historians have estimated that at least 300 emigrants and settlers were killed by the Modoc during the years 1846 to 1873.

Historians believe that during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Cheng, scarves made of cloth were used to identify officers or the rank of Chinese warriors.