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Historiography
Historiography is the study of the methodology of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians have studied that topic using particular sources, techniques, and theoretical approaches
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It is well known…that the military historian is at his best when giving the names of field officers who fell in battle, and at his worst when attempting to explain the reason for the general officer to have made a certain decision at a certain time.
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― The Paths of the Dead
― The Paths of the Dead
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Now more than ever, we realize that understanding the ancient past is essential to our understanding of the present and just plain fascinating.
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― 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
― 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed












































