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Europeans visited Hawaii long before Captain Cook

Theorypedia on January 18, 2010
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Captain Rick Rogers and a pre-Cook map showing Hawaii.
Amateur historian Rick Rogers has spent decades developing a theory that either Dutch or Spanish traders visited Hawaii before Captain Cook's 1778 arrival. Maps from 1589 showing an approximation of Hawaii's shape and location; remains of a 1664 women indicating she had syphilis and the disappearance of 5 Spanish ships plying the Manila to Acapulco trade in the 1500 and 1600s make his case.

'Little Man' theory of history

Theorypedia on December 14, 2009
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people's history book cover
Viggo Mortensen theorizes: "Great men don't make history, little men do. Whenever change as happened, it has been through protest, dissent, struggle, social movements, ordinary people picketing, striking, boycotting, sitting down, sitting in." We make history through our everyday decisions.

Catherine the Great: Post-Mortem Victim of Sexism and Russophobia

salvettim on October 31, 2009
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Catherine the Great: Post-Mortem Victim of Sexism and Russophobia
Catherine the Great Didn't Horse Around

Total History

Dict_of_Theories on November 30, 2009
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View of history associated with the French 'annales' group of historians. History should attempt to give as encompassing an account of the social, economic, and cultural structures of the past as possible, rather than narrate events. P Burke, ed., Economy and Society in Early Modern Europe (London,...

Three Age System

Dict_of_Theories on November 30, 2009
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Theory of historical periods. Prehistory can be divided into Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages. The terms have survived longer than the historical theory on which they were based. Alan Bullock, Oliver Stallybrass, and Stephen Trombley, eds. The Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought, 2nd edn (London, 1988)...

Progress

Dict_of_Theories on November 28, 2009
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Optimistic theory of history. Human societies move towards higher and higher forms of culture or organization. There is much disagreement as to the character of this improvement, as there is also much scepticism about it. David Miller et al., eds. The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought (Oxford,...

Progress

Dict_of_Theories on November 28, 2009
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Optimistic theory of history. Human societies move towards higher and higher forms of culture or organization. There is much disagreement as to the character of this improvement, as there is also much scepticism about it. David Miller et al., eds. The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought (Oxford,...

Cleopatra’s Nose

Theorypedia on October 19, 2009
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Anonymous theory of the role of chance in history.History is as much influenced by unpredictable and unique factors as it is by general processes, movements, or trends. The shape of Cleopatra's nose, which was allegedly one of her more alluring features, beguiled Anthony and thus caused havoc amongst...

Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention

karlos on June 16, 2009
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Dell log and Picasso's dove
Thomas Friedman says multinational supply chains like Dell prevent war.