Scholars such as Dierk Lange attribute the decline of ancient Ghana to numerous unrelated factors, only one of which can be likely attributable to internal dynastic struggles that were instigated by Almalvorid influence and Islamic pressures, but devoid of any military conversion and conquest.

Scholars defending Luke's authorship say there is no reason for early Christians to attribute these works to such a minor figure if he did not in fact write them, nor is there any tradition attributing this work to any other author.

Scholars attribute the genealogy to the Book of Generations, a document originating from a similar religiopolitical group and date to the priestly source.

Scholars attribute the standardization of varna mettus entirely to Purandara Dasa.

Scholars variously attribute such criticism to ignorance, misunderstanding or sectarian bias on the part of some observers, as well as unscrupulous practices by some Shaktas.

Scholars attribute roughly 50 plays to him, many of which have been translated into European languages.

Scholars such as Lester K. Little attribute the rise of monasticism at this time to the immense changes in the church brought about by Constantine's legalization of Christianity.

Scholars attribute the actual writing of the gospels in Koine Greek to the Hellenized Christian population of Antioch, with authors such as St. Luke and others.

Scholars attribute Moses's birth narrative, which also mentions Amram and Jochebed, to the earlier " Elohist source ".

* September 14 – Walter de Merton formally completes the foundation of the House of Scholars of Merton ( later Merton College, Oxford ) to provide education in Malden and the University of Oxford.

One boarding house, College, is reserved for seventy King's Scholars, who attend Eton on scholarships provided by the original foundation and awarded by examination each year ; King's Scholars pay up to 90 % of full fees, depending on their means.

Scholars have attempted to draw a connection between the episode of the castration of Attis and the ritual mutilation of the Galli as a reflection in myth of a secondary ritual action or conversely, as the mythical foundation of a ritual action.

The foundation charter named a Principal ( David Lewis ), eight Fellows, eight Scholars, and eight Commissioners to draw up the statutes for the college.

The foundation also funds study groups called Koch Scholars who gather and read " an assortment of select books, movies, and podcasts surrounding the principles of a free society.

The most senior members of school staff, the cathedral choristers, and the school's King's and Queen's Scholars are ex officio members of the cathedral foundation, while the school is required by statute to have the cathedral Dean and Chapter represented on its governing body.

Similarly, the cathedral foundation included provision for a choir school for ten cathedral choristers and tuition for forty King's Scholars.

At last count, sixteen former Rhodes Scholars ( see box on page 13 ) had been appointed to the Administration, second in number only to its Harvard graduates.

Scholars made numbered sets of as many things as possible in Nature, or assigned arbitrary numbers to individual things, in a fashion that seems to the modern scientific mind as downright nonsensical, and philosophical ideas based upon all this tended to stifle speculative thought in China for many centuries.

Scholars include the linguist and Boasian Edward Sapir.

Scholars generally believe the earliest indigenous populations of Anatolia were the Hattians and Hurrians.

Scholars from this school were good orators, debaters and tacticians.

Scholars place Antoninus Pius as the leading candidate for fulfilling the role as a friend of Rabbi Judah the Prince.

Scholars moved in multiple directions, covering in disconnected fashion the social, economic, and cultural history of different eras and different parts of the globe.

Scholars are unsure how much of Aristophanes ' portrayal is fact and how much mere comic invention.

Scholars in support of the idea of Amos being from the North also say it makes more sense because of Amaziah's accusation of conspiracy found in chapter seven, verse 10.

Scholars break the book of Amos up into three sections.

Scholars have often believed that Ammianus ' work was intended for public recitation for two reasons: the overwhelming presence of accentual clausulae, which implies that it was intended to be read aloud ; and epistle 1063 of Libanius to a Marcellinus of Rome which refers to public recitations.

The Honors college enrolls 3523 undergraduate students, 613 of whom are National Merit Scholars.

Scholars have mapped at least four major regional variations of spoken American English: Northern, Southern, Midland, and Western.

Scholars think that Luke attempts to legitimate Christianity by rooting it in Israelite tradition as evidenced by Luke constantly relating Christianity to Jewish religion.

Scholars generally prefer Paul's account over that in Acts.

Scholars dispute whether and how much Plato's story or account was inspired by older traditions.

Scholars translated it for him, and he testified that their account fully agreed with Plato's account of Atlantis " or J. V. Luce's suggestion that Crantor sent " a special enquiry to Egypt " and that he may simply be referring to Plato's own claims.

He has served as scholar in residence at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D. C. and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Scholars have debated whether Athanasius ' list in 367 was the basis for the later lists.

Scholars who favored Irish parallels directly spoke out against pro-Scandinavian theories, citing them as unjustified.

Legends attribute its foundation to the Suevian chieftain Alaric.

Popular legends attribute the foundation of Sialkot city to Raja Sala-the uncle of the Pandavas.

Surrounded by swamp as it was, one can attribute the foundation of the town to the railway line and the elevated terrain itself.

Some Christians attribute Isaiah 49: 12 to be a prophecy of the foundation of Christianity in China.

Seisyll appears in the Harleian genealogies for the Kings of Ceredigion, but no early sources attribute the foundation of Seisyllwg to him, and the name Ceredigion continues to be used into the 9th century.

There is also the popular attribute to its foundation to the Arabs, 870 AD, but nothing is concrete although al-Himyarī mentions that the Arabs dismantled a ( fortress ), but there is no actual reference if this ' fortress ' was in Vittoriosa.