Examples of secondary source in the following topics:
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The Imperfect Historical Record
- In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called original source or evidence) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study.
- Primary sources are distinguished from secondary sources, which cite, comment on, or build upon primary sources.
- In some cases, a secondary source may also be a primary source, depending on how it is used.
- For example, a memoir would be considered a primary source in research concerning its author or about his or her friends characterized within it, but the same memoir would be a secondary source if it were used to examine the culture in which its author lived.
- "Primary" and "secondary" should be understood as relative terms, with sources categorized according to specific historical contexts and what is being studied.
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A Global War
- The triple Franco-Spanish invasion of Portugal in Europe (main theater of the war, which absorbed the lion's share of the Spanish war effort) in 1762 was followed by a Spanish invasion of Portuguese territories in South America (a secondary theater of the war).
- Faced with the choice of retrieving either New France or its Caribbean island colonies of Guadeloupe and Martinique, France chose the latter to retain these lucrative sources of sugar.
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Splitting History
- The task of historians is to identify the sources that can most usefully contribute to the production of accurate accounts of the past.
- These sources, known are primary sources or evidence, were produced at the time under study and constitute the foundation of historical inquiry.
- Ideally, a historian will use as many available primary sources as can be accessed, but in practice, sources may have been destroyed or may not be available for research.
- In general, the sources of historical knowledge can be separated into three categories: what is written, what is said, and what is physically preserved.
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Ashoka's Conversion
- Under this model of "Buddhist kingship," the king sought to legitimize his rule, not through descent from a divine source, but by supporting and earning the approval of the Buddhist sangha.
- The use of Buddhist sources in reconstructing the life of Ashoka has had a strong influence on perceptions of Ashoka, as well as the interpretations of his Edicts.
- The only source of information not attributable to Buddhist sources are the Ashokan Edicts, and these do not explicitly state that Ashoka was a Buddhist.
- In this source, his conversion has nothing to do with the Kalinga War or his descent from the Maurya dynasty.
- The Ashokavadana shows that the main source of Ashoka's conversion, and the acts of welfare that followed, are rooted instead in intense personal anguish, from a wellspring inside himself rather than spurred by a specific event.
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The Ghana Empire
- In the medieval Arabic sources the word "Ghana" can refer to a royal title, the name of a capital city, or a kingdom.
- Other sources identify the beginnings of the empire some time between the 4th century and the mid-8th century.
- One of the earliest sources, al-Ya'qubi, writing in 889/890 (276 AH), noted that "under the king's authority are a number of kings."
- Given scarce Arabic sources and the ambiguity of the existing archaeological record, it is difficult to determine when and how Ghana declined and fell.
- Conrad and Fisher (1982) argued that the notion of any Almoravid military conquest is merely perpetuated folklore, derived from a misinterpretation of or limited reliance on Arabic sources.
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The Three Sovereigns
- Some sources say that Fuxi and Nüwa were husband as wife while others say they were siblings.
- Fuxi then came to rule over his descendants, from 2852-2737 BCE (or 2952-2836 BCE, according to other sources).
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Hatshepsut
- Thutmose II also fathered Thutmose III with Iset, a secondary wife.
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Argentina Before the Great Depression
- Argentina was not an industrialized country by the standards of Britain, Germany, or the United States in the lead up to the Great Depression, and it lacked energy sources such as coal or hydropower to make it so.
- Ultimately, neither the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, nor any of the private domestic banks within the country, would develop rapidly enough to fully replace the loss of foreign capital, the bulk of which had been sourced from the now heavily indebted Great Britain.
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Etruscan Artifacts
- According to ancient sources, some cities were founded by the Etruscans in prehistoric times, and bore entirely Etruscan names.
- After this process, the opinion of ancient sources is consulted.
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Introduction to Nation-States
- Until today, primary and secondary schools around the world often teach a mythologized version of national history.