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 historians have argued that shamanism also played a role in many of the pre-Christian religions of Europe, and that shamanic elements may have survived in popular culture right through to the Early Modern period.

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 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.

In a brief chapter dealing with `` Various Other Diagnoses '', he quotes isolated passages from some writers whose views seem to corroborate his own, and finds it `` most remarkable that a critical view of twentieth-century society was already held by a number of thinkers living in the nineteenth.

Various shelves along the margins of the continents constitute about 11 % of the bottom topography with few deep channels cut across the continental rise.

* Various angle constructions with compass and straightedge

Various designs exist and many are home produced from lead or improvised with heavy objects.

** Various articles on Alcidamas ( 1856 – 1919, with links to further online material )

Various types of freshwater pearl s mounted with silver wire to a sterling chain.

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

Various smaller communities, such as the Old Catholic and Independent Catholic Churches, include the word Catholic in their title, and share much in common with Roman Catholicism but are no longer in communion with the See of Rome.

Various editions with various authors historically, the longest term revising author as ( Ellen ) Dorrit Hoffleit.

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 other pieces of legislation provided for child benefit and support for people with no other source of income.

Various careers within the fields of sports and entertainment are commonly associated with celebrity status.

* Various utilities are provided for converting between Windows and Unix paths and file formats, for handling line ending ( CRLF / LF ) issues, for displaying the DLLs that an executable is linked with, etc.

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 immunoassays for T. cruzi are available and can be used to distinguish among strains ( zymodemes of T. cruzi with divergent pathogenicities ).

Various live local programs with local interests were rapidly being created all over the United States in most major television markets in the early 1980s.

Various individuals in the Buddhist faith, beginning with Siddhartha, are considered to be enlightened, and in religious forms of Buddhism they are credited with divine powers.

The National Revival of Bulgaria, influenced by the Enligthenment, resulted in Petar Beron's Primer with Various Instructions ( also known as the Fish Primer ) in 1824.

Various editions from the 3rd to the 9th were pirated for sale in the United States, beginning with Dobson's Encyclopaedia.

Various suggestions have been given: Onesimus being imprisoned with Paul ; Onesimus being brought to Paul by others ; Onesimus coming to Paul by chance ( or in the Christian view, by divine providence ); or Onesimus deliberately seeking Paul out, as a friend of his master's, in order to be reconciled.

Various Soviet directors were more concerned with artistic success than with economical success ( They were paid by the academy, and so money was not a critical issue ).