Most historians, including Edward Gibbon, date the defeat at Manzikert as the beginning of the end of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Most historians favour a site in the West Midlands, somewhere along the Roman road now known as Watling Street.

Most historians claim that the book was written by Geldre Claes Heinen.

Most historians believe that the word " Dagome " is a melding of two names: the Christian " Dago ," for " Dagobert " ( Mieszko's hypothetical baptismal name ), and the Slavic " Me ," for " Mieszko.

Most historians agree that the emperors called the councils to force the Christian bishops to resolve divisive issues and reach consensus.

Most modern historians dismiss this entire period as being beyond what history can know.

Most contemporary historians still agree that it is unlikely that any of the recorded emperors existed until about five hundred years after Suijin's reign and about a millennium after Jimmu's recorded reign.

Most Holocaust historians identify six German Nazi extermination camps, all in occupied Poland ; two of them, Chełmno and the Auschwitz II, in the western Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany ( October 1939 ), four in the General Government area.

Most historians believe that the older name for Ghent, ' Ganda ', is derived from the Celtic word ' ganda ' which means confluence.

Most biblical scholars and historians of ancient Israel today view the patriarchical narratives, including the life of Jacob, as late ( 6th and 5th centuries BCE ) literary compositions that have ideological and theological purposes but are unreliable for historical reconstruction of the presettlement period of Israel ’ s past.

Most historians sharply criticize Davis for his flawed military strategy, his selection of friends for military commands, and his neglect of homefront crises.

Most historians today, including John's recent biographers Ralph Turner and Lewis Warren, argue that John was an unsuccessful monarch, but note that his failings were exaggerated by 12th-and 13th-century chroniclers.

Most football historians agree that a few schools, notably Saint Louis University ( under coach Eddie Cochems ), Michigan, Carlisle and Minnesota, had passing attacks in place before Rockne arrived at Notre Dame.

Most of the European economists who wrote between 1500 and 1750 are today generally considered mercantilists ; this term was initially used solely by critics, such as Mirabeau and Smith, but was quickly adopted by historians.

Most historians believe that it was only a matter of recognition of Otto's royal authority.

Most historians believe this Midas is the same person as the Mita, called king of the Mushki in Assyrian texts, who warred with Assyria and its Anatolian provinces during the same period.

Most historians now reject Murray's theory, as she based it partially upon the similarities of the accounts given by those accused of witchcraft ; such similarity is now thought to actually derive from there having been a standard set of questions laid out in the witch-hunting manuals used by interrogators.

Most professional historians ( defined as paying members of organizations devoted to the propagation of history in higher education, like the American Historical Association ) now refer to the historical periods commonly known as the Renaissance and the Reformation as " the Early Modern Period ".

Most historians believe that the purges significantly impaired the combat capabilities of the Red Army.

Most Muslim historians claim that Saladin's uncle mediated a peace agreement between him and Sinan.

Most historians credit Shaka with initial development of the famous " bull horn " formation.

Most contemporary historians of science now reject the conflict thesis in its original form, arguing instead that it has been superseded by subsequent historical research indicating a more nuanced understanding:

Most historians say that the League was discredited by its failure to make these judgements effective.

Most historians treat it as a singular event with few long-term consequences, but Pugh says it accelerated the movement of working-class voters to the Labour Party, which led to future gains.

Most modern historians accept the claim of the Muslim sources that after the revolt, the Jewish tribes became clients of the Aus and the Khazraj.

Most psychiatrists dismiss these instances of that weird feeling as the deja vue ( already seen ) illusion, just as they dismiss dream previsions as coincidences.

Most modern scholars dismiss Pope Joan as a Medieval legend.

Most historians dismiss this as false and believe the family was of low rank until his father passed the imperial examinations.

Most dismiss Harriman's plans as foolhardy: Nuclear rocket fuel is scarce as the space station that produces it blew up, also destroying the only existing spaceship.

Most Egyptologists, among them Kent Weeks and Peter Locavara, generally dismiss Fletcher's claims as unsubstantiated.

" Most modern historians dismiss such rumours, however, pointing out the closeness of Raymond and his niece during her early childhood, and the effulgent Aquitainian manner of behaviour.

Most scholars dismiss the theory as a fantasy, and the book's conclusion is now widely discredited.

Most of the other DC heroes dismiss Kord's concerns, either politely or outright.

A 2005 Time magazine article entitled " The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals " called Barton " a major voice in the debate over church-state separation " who, despite the fact that " many historians dismiss his thinking ... a hero to millions — including some powerful politicians.

Most historians dismiss this story as false.

Most Wei Zhi commentators accept the Yémǎtái ( 邪馬台 ) transcription in later texts and dismiss this original word yi 壹 " one " ( the anti-forgery character variant for 一 " one ") as a miscopy, or perhaps a naming taboo avoidance, of tai 臺 " platform ; terrace " ( a variant of 台 ).

Most fans of Ibn-e-Safi, however, dismiss Kaleem's books, arguing that Kaleem distorted the original ' feel ' of the series, and that he deformed the key characteristics of many characters, including Ali Imran.

Most accounts incorrectly attribute this story to Herodotus ; actually, the story first appears in Plutarch's On the Glory of Athens in the 1st century AD, who quotes from Heracleides of Pontus's lost work, giving the runner's name as either Thersipus of Erchius or Eucles.

Most observant Jews would say that Judaism is a love story.

Most releases that contain the label " director's cut " or " extended edition " include minor changes and / or scene additions not seen in a film's theatrical release, but that do not tend to greatly affect or change the plot, story or overall product.

Most of the story takes place on the continent Westeros, which consists of the Seven Kingdoms and an unmapped area to the north, separated by a massive wall of ice and old magic.

Most Muslim scholars have regarded the story as historically implausible, while opinion is divided among western scholars such as Leone Caetani and John Burton, who argue against, and William Muir and William Montgomery Watt, who argue for its plausibility.

Most biographers consider the story of Mafia blackmail to be unlikely in light of the FBI's investigations of the Mafia.

Most of the key events in Moses ' life which are narrated in the Bible are to be found dispersed through the different Surahs of Qur ' an, with a story about meeting Khidr which is not found in the Bible.

Most Oxfordian researchers, including Charlton Ogburn, claim that Hamlet is the play most easily seen as portraying Oxford's life story.

Most versions of her story describe her as a talented and learned woman who disguises herself as a man, often at the behest of a lover.

Most main characters in the story are represented by a chess piece or animals, with Alice herself being a pawn.

Most of the story centered on his drinking problem.

Most of these readers favored the sad ending, partly because they felt Heinlein should have been free to create his own story, and partly because they believed that the changed ending turned a tragedy into a mere adventure, and not a very well constructed one at that.

Most scholars today regard this story as a literary tale inspired by the Romance stories that were popular at the courts by the time Heimskringla was written.

According to another story which al-Tabari gives, Balaam was a renegade Israelite who knew the Most Sacred Name and, to gain the things of this world, went over to the Canaanites.

Most of his fiction was in short story form, and usually featured a whimsical story line or ironic plot twist.

Most of its picaresque quality has been lost in the screen version ; its philosophy is vague, its characterization blurred and its story so loosely knit and episodic that its telling seems interminable.

Most of the story is a straight retrospective of what happened, but comments, or entire chapters that relate to the present time, are interspersed throughout.

Most of these pieces have been collected in King's five short story collections: Night Shift ( 1978 ), Skeleton Crew ( 1985 ), Nightmares & Dreamscapes ( 1993 ), Everything's Eventual ( 2002 ), and Just After Sunset ( 2008 ); and in King's four novella collections: Different Seasons ( 1982 ), Four Past Midnight ( 1990 ), Hearts in Atlantis ( 1999 ), and Full Dark, No Stars ( 2010 ).

Most of the stories were frontier tales reprinted from the vast backlog of serials in the story papers and other sources, as well as many originals.

Most book stores, outside of a few Western states, only carry a small number of Western novels and short story collections.

Most houses are small and one story high.

Most of these were contemporary, inserted over exterior shots and some scenes, with rarely any story relevance or awareness from the characters.

Most versions of the story say that Hippolyta was so impressed with Heracles that she gave him the girdle without argument, perhaps while visiting him on his ship.