historians
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The book’s most exciting element remains its chapter on Viking slavery—the very existence of which had been ignored by historians, but which is here restored to its central, and terrible, place in the Norse economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The three-year project led by specialist historians compiles "The Register of British Slave Traders", a list that details as many as "10,500 investors" in "Britain's near-250 year transatlantic slave trade" in African people.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Curating with reverence and love, Rosales uses her voice to establish a baseline of respect that many historians fail to achieve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Private property and land were collectivised, while economic management pushed the country to the Great Famine, which the government says killed around 15 million people, while historians estimate around 20-43 million.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Some historians and mathematicians argue that the Parthenon, the majestic Athenian temple, was built so that the golden ratio is visible in every aspect of its construction.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
