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  2. Direct historical approach - Wikipedia

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    The historical data then becomes the basis of analogy and homology for the study of the prehistoric communities at both the particular site and other sites in the region. The main issue with the approach is that in many parts of the world there is no direct continuity between historically documented communities and the prehistoric occupants of ...

  3. Ethnoarchaeology - Wikipedia

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    One popular method in ethnoarchaeology is the use of the direct historical approach. This approach relies on living cultures that may be closely genetically or spatially related to the archaeological culture of interest in order to form analogies that may be used to explain findings.

  4. Historian's fallacy - Wikipedia

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    In the field of military history, historians sometimes use what is known as the "fog of war technique" in hopes of avoiding the historian's fallacy. In this approach, the actions and decisions of the historical subject (such as a military commander) are evaluated primarily on the basis of what that person knew at the time, and not on future ...

  5. List of -gate scandals and controversies - Wikipedia

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    The Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., the inspiration for the -gate suffix following the Watergate scandal. This is a list of scandals or controversies whose names include a -gate suffix, by analogy with the Watergate scandal, as well as other incidents to which the suffix has (often facetiously) been applied. [1]

  6. Historical method - Wikipedia

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    Historical method is the collection of techniques and guidelines that historians use to research and write histories of the past. Secondary sources, primary sources and material evidence such as that derived from archaeology may all be drawn on, and the historian's skill lies in identifying these sources, evaluating their relative authority, and combining their testimony appropriately in order ...

  7. (The Center Square) – President-elect Donald Trump has made international headlines by suggesting that Canada could become the 51st state and the U.S. could purchase Greenland. U.S. expansionist ...

  8. Category:History-related lists - Wikipedia

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    List of Hispanic American caudillos; List of Jurchen chieftains; Circumnavigation world record progression; List of historical classifications; List of common misconceptions; List of common misconceptions about history; List of Confucian states and dynasties; List of coups and coup attempts; List of coups and coup attempts since 2010; List of ...

  9. A Syntopicon - Wikipedia

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    The term “syntopicon” as well as "Great Ideas" were coined specifically for this undertaking, the former a Neo-Latin word meaning “a collection of topics.” [1] The volumes catalogued what Adler and his team deemed to be the fundamental ideas contained in the works of the Great Books of the Western World, which stretched chronologically ...