Without disagreement there can be no discussion. Not only in the field of history but in many of the scientific fields, discussion is necessary to move forward. Should all of the historieans in the world agree on a set history (one that is unverifiable) the field itself would halt. Sometimes wrong conclusions are made. If there are no historians willing to disagree with one another these conclusions can be perpetuated.
Revisionist Historians
Because that's what historians do. Study historic events or artefacts. History IS the past.
Answer this question… They can lead historians to arrive at very different interpretations of an event.
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The atomic bomb was detonated (created) in 1945. That is what caused the cold war. Historians can disagree or Historians can agree; it has no bearing on the detonation date.
Historians never disagree they give an opinion and support it there is no right or wrong answer in an opinion!
You make the mistake of assuming historians agree on everything. They don't, plain and simple. Historians agree on the obvious facts but disagree on the explanations of the grey areas.
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russia Many historians would disagree and say China of the major countries was the last to industrialize.
There is much controversy on the subject of Sweeney Todd. Historians disagree whether he was an actual person or a tall tale.
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Without disagreement there can be no discussion. Not only in the field of history but in many of the scientific fields, discussion is necessary to move forward. Should all of the historieans in the world agree on a set history (one that is unverifiable) the field itself would halt. Sometimes wrong conclusions are made. If there are no historians willing to disagree with one another these conclusions can be perpetuated.
Success is a subjective and relative and people disagree as to how to define or measure it, but the consensus of historians is that Teddy Roosevelt was at worst in the top 20% of US presidents.
Historians and theologians can't agree even on the date of her death and have made no statement about her date of birth. She was born sometime in the 3rd century.
Historians disagree about Croydon's original name. The Anglo-Saxon's called it Croh Denu, meaning Crocus Valley. The 1086 Domesday Booklists Croydon as Croindene.