Various History — for the most part preserved only in an abridged form — is Aelian's other well-known work, a miscellany of anecdotes and biographical sketches, lists, pithy maxims, and descriptions of natural wonders and strange local customs, in 14 books, with many surprises for the cultural historian and the mythographer, anecdotes about the famous Greek philosophers, poets, historians, and playwrights and myths instructively retold.

Various archaeologists and historians of religion have also suggested that shamanism may have been a dominant pre-religious practice for humanity during the Palaeolithic.

Various modern historians writing on Shaka and the Zulu point to the uncertain nature of Fynn and Isaac's accounts of Shaka's reign.

Various are the opinions of scholars and historians as to how deep Anne's commitment to the Reformation was, how much was she perhaps only personally ambitious, and how much she had to do with Henry's defiance of Papal power.

Various historians, with different levels of confidence, have also suggested that in late 1329 Isabella became pregnant.

Various music writers and historians have traced the use of salsa to different periods of the 20th century.

Various historians and archaeologists have examined the Hwicce Kingdom, including Della Hooke and Stephen J. Yeates in his book The Tribe of Witches ( 2008 ).

Various military historians have commented on the war with differing opinions.

Various attempts have been made to harmonize these kings from the Frankish annals with the legendary kings found in the accounts of traditional historians such as Saxo Grammaticus and the sagas.

Various historians have observed that some Acadians were labelled neutral when they were not.

Various international historians commented on the events and issues revolving around his life, reminding the public of his existence and reviving the public debate once again.

Various scholars and historians such as John McLeod attribute the conversion of the Ghauris to Islam at the hands of Mahmud Ghazni who converted them to Islam after his conquest of Ghor.

Various historians and archaeologists have examined the Dobunni, including Stephen J. Yeates in his book The Tribe of Witches ( 2008 ).

Various other historians have addressed the witches ' mark.

Various types of covers, usually prepared by collectors, historians or other enthusiasts, have great historical significance and, regardless of the intention for the mailed item, are sometimes noteworthy or famous in their own right.

Various historians identify the word as either Iranian ( most likely East Iranian Sogdian or Scythian ), Turkic, or Mongolian.

Various historians, however, have questioned whether the account is accurate, and if Santamaria died or not during that battle or another one.

18 ) Various other historians are criticized including Theodor Mommsen.

Various historians have had conflicting opinions about the matter.

Various non-German historians in the immediate post-war era, such as A. J. P. Taylor and Sir Lewis Namier, argued that Nazism was the culmination of German history and that the vast majority of Germans were responsible for Nazi crimes.

Various historians have studied the history of communism, including Robert Service and Archie Brown, many of whom have taken a negative view of the ideology, which they viewed as having a tendency towards authoritarianism, totalitarianism and for allowing human rights abuses.

Various historians have disputed Daniel's existence, pointing out that symptoms of Gilda's reproductive condition matched her claims of being physically unable to bear children, and citing film of Gilda apparently without child to reinforce their claims.

Various historians have alternately built on or challenged aspects of Ginzburg's interpretation.

Various metal ions have been found to protect plasma arylesterase against inactivation by urea and guanidine.

Various categories have been explored to find out about these `` empirical probabilities '' against which to measure the readings.

Various dates for his life have been proposed, ranging from approximately 1600 to 1200 BC.

Various theorists have differing, though similar, legal philosophies which are considered to fall under " anarcho-capitalism.

Various attempts have been made to define Post-modern aesthetics.

Various forms of biographic and counselling work have been developed on the basis of anthroposophy.

Various myths have been told around what happened after Artemis took her.

Various colleges and universities have awarded Clinton honorary degrees, including Doctorate of Law degrees and Doctor of Humane Letters degrees.

Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness.

Various baseball pundits, fans, and even players have taken this as confirmation that Bonds used illegal steroids.

Various types of creatures have been suggested to explain both the sightings and what type of creature Bigfoot would be if it existed.

* Various: several short sources, none of which have much connection to each other, and are fairly independent of the rest of the text.

Various interpolations have been made in the text of the central poem.

Various rock and roll histories have asserted the singing group The Hollies were named in homage to Buddy Holly.

" Various female politicians, including former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, have been called Boadicea.

Various changes have been made to the music and visuals since then, with presentation following the style of BBC News.

Various other claims have been made to the Saville Inquiry about gunmen on the day.

Various studies have estimated the death toll at between 740, 000 and 3, 000, 000, most commonly between 1. 4 million and 2. 2 million, with perhaps half of those deaths being due to executions, and the rest from starvation and disease.

Various enzymes have been identified in human cervical mucus.

Various pastors and other religious figures and activists such as Rick Warren, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson campaigned for various social and political causes have achieved celebrity status in mainstream media as well.

Various materials have been used for the disc friction facings, including asbestos in the past.

Various estimates of the population have been taken since ; in 1956 it was estimated a population of 1, 411, 416, with 54 % Christian and 44 % Muslim.

Various paranormal interpretations appeared in the popular culture, and one of the more outspoken proponents of rods as alien life forms is Jose Escamilla, who claims to have been the first to film them on March 19, 1994 at Roswell, New Mexico, while attempting to film a UFO.

Various sociologists have reported caste systems in Africa.

Various reasons over the decades have been offered for why people have never suspected Superman and Clark Kent of being one and the same: