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Sikhism

2007-09-21T16:10:04Z

Needleman:

'''Sikhism''' is a [[Dharmic religion]], based on [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]]. It was founded by [[Guru Nanak]] in the 16th century in the [[Punjab]] district of what is now [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] and is based on his teachings and those of the 9 Sikh gurus who followed him.

Sikhism could be viewed as a [[monotheistic]] religion, though not in the Western sense, as it purports to convey an impersonal universal truth to which humans must strive to return to, rather than an actual being to whom humans owe obedience. It stresses the importance of doing good actions rather than merely carrying out rituals. <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/</ref>
Followers of Sikhism are called [[Sikhs]].

==References==

<div class="references-small"><references/></div>

==External links==

*[http://www.sikhs.org/] Official site
*[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1377927,00.html] Critical press article

[[Category:Dharmic religions]]

Sikhism

2007-09-21T16:06:38Z

Needleman:

'''Sikhism''' is a [[Dharmic religion]], based on [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]]. It was founded by [[Guru Nanak]] in the 16th century in the [[Punjab]] district of what is now [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] and is based on his teachings and those of the 9 Sikh gurus who followed him.

Sikhism could be viewed as a [[monotheistic]] religion, though not in the Western sense, as it purports an impersonal universal truth to which humans must strive to return rather than an actual being to whom humans owe obedience. It stresses the importance of doing good actions rather than merely carrying out rituals. <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/</ref>
Follows of Sikhism are called [[Sikhs]].

==References==

<div class="references-small"><references/></div>

==External links==

*[http://www.sikhs.org/] Official site
*[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1377927,00.html] Critical press article

[[Category:Dharmic religions]]

Sikhism

2007-09-21T16:06:10Z

Needleman:

'''Sikhism''' is a [[Dharmic religion]], based on [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]]. It was founded by [[Guru Nanak]] in the 16th century in the [[Punjab]] district of what is now [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]and is based on his teachings and those of the 9 Sikh gurus who followed him.

Sikhism could be viewed as a [[monotheistic]] religion, though not in the Western sense, as it purports an impersonal universal truth to which humans must strive to return rather than an actual being to whom humans owe obedience. It stresses the importance of doing good actions rather than merely carrying out rituals. <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/</ref>
Follows of Sikhism are called [[Sikhs]].

==References==

<div class="references-small"><references/></div>

==External links==

*[http://www.sikhs.org/] Official site
*[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1377927,00.html] Critical press article

[[Category:Dharmic religions]]

Sikhism

2007-09-21T16:05:37Z

Needleman:

'''Sikhism''' is a [[Dharmic religion]], based on [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]]. was founded It was founded by [[Guru Nanak]] in the 16th century in the [[Punjab]] district of what is now [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]and is based on his teachings and those of the 9 Sikh gurus who followed him.

Sikhism could be viewed as a [[monotheistic]] religion, though not in the Western sense, as it purports an impersonal universal truth to which humans must strive to return rather than an actual being to whom humans owe obedience. It stresses the importance of doing good actions rather than merely carrying out rituals. <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/</ref>
Follows of Sikhism are called [[Sikhs]].

==References==

<div class="references-small"><references/></div>

==External links==

*[http://www.sikhs.org/] Official site
*[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1377927,00.html] Critical press article

[[Category:Dharmic religions]]

Sikhism

2007-09-21T16:03:35Z

Needleman:

'''Sikhism''' is a [[Dharmic religion]], based on [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]]. was founded in the 16th century in the [[Punjab]] district of what is now [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. It was founded by [[Guru Nanak]] and is based on his teachings, and those of the 9 Sikh gurus who followed him.

Sikhism could be viewed as a [[monotheistic]] religion, though not in the Western sense, as it purports an impersonal universal truth to which humans must strive to return rather than an actual being to whom humans owe obedience. It stresses the importance of doing good actions rather than merely carrying out rituals. <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/</ref>
Follows of Sikhism are called [[Sikhs]].

==References==

<div class="references-small"><references/></div>

==External links==

*[http://www.sikhs.org/] Official site
*[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1377927,00.html] Critical press article

[[Category:Dharmic religions]]

Ptolemy I Soter

2007-09-21T16:00:48Z

Needleman:

'''Ptolemy I Soter''', (323 BC—283 BC).

[[Image:Ptolemy_I_Soter.jpg|thumb|250px|Ptolemy I Soter]]
Ptolemy I Soter (son of Lagus) was a general of Alexander the Great. He established the Ptolemaic Dynasty in [[Egypt]] and adopted the local customs and religion.

Following Alexander's death in 323 BC, ''He brought his body with him to be buried in [[Alexandria]], reuniting the famed conqueror with the city that bore his name. For the next two-and-a-half centuries, the Ptolemaic dynasty of the Greeks would successfully rule Egypt, mingling Hellenic traditions with the mighty legacy of the Pharaohs.'' [http://www.touregypt.net/alexandria/alexhis1.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]

== See also ==
*[[Alexander the Great]]
*[[Cleopatra]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemies.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]

[[Category:Egypt]]

Ptolemy I Soter

2007-09-21T15:59:38Z

Needleman:

'''Ptolemy I Soter''', (323 BC—283 BC).

[[Image:Ptolemy_I_Soter.jpg|thumb|250px|Ptolemy I Soter]]
Ptolemy I Soter (son of Lagus) was a general of Alexander the Great. He established the Ptolemy dynasty in [[Egypt]] and adopted the local customs and religion.

Following Alexander's death in 323 BC, ''He brought his body with him to be buried in [[Alexandria]], reuniting the famed conqueror with the city that bore his name. For the next two-and-a-half centuries, the Ptolemaic dynasty of the Greeks would successfully rule Egypt, mingling Hellenic traditions with the mighty legacy of the Pharaohs.'' [http://www.touregypt.net/alexandria/alexhis1.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]

== See also ==
*[[Alexander the Great]]
*[[Cleopatra]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemies.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]

[[Category:Egypt]]

Thucydides

2007-09-03T16:50:56Z

Needleman:

'''Thucydides''' (455-400 B.C.) was the first scientific historian in ancient Greece. He is famous for writing the [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first full work of historical analysis.

Thucydides was himself a participant in the Peloponnesian War. He was exiled from Athens during the war.

[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category: Ancient Greek Historians]]

Xenophon

2007-09-03T16:46:30Z

Needleman:

'''Xenophon''' was a Greek historian and a disciple of [[Socrates]]. He lived from 427 to 355 BC.

Xenophon was the primary historian of the last days of Greece's freedom. His ''Memorabilia'' depicts Socrates as a teacher of virtue who balanced reason and faith in order to attain the truth. <ref>Xenophon. E. C. Marchant (Translator), O. J. Todd (Translator). Xenophon: Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apologia. (Loeb Classical Library No. 168) </ref> He wrote a detailed account ''Hellenica'' which picked up where [[Thucydides]]'s ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' left off.

Xenophon's most famous work is the "Anabasis" or "Upland March", which describes the march of the 10,000 Greek mercenaries through Anatolia to get back to Greece. It is read as a basic text in ancient Greek.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category: Ancient Greek Historians]]

Talk:Holocaust

2007-08-31T16:37:14Z

Needleman:

The "Criticism" section could be a major black eye if it's not carefully watched. --[[User:John|John]] 22:52, 7 March 2007 (EST)

== Reverts ==

You can revert back to the biased version if you insist, but you could at least have kept the correct spelling of "occurrence". [[User:AppliedFaith|AppliedFaith]] 16:13, 13 April 2007 (EDT)

== Evidence ==
I think (from a pedantic view of English grammar) that there is a small contradiction between the wording that the number of those killed is an estimate because incomplete records have been recovered and the fact the holocaust denial is unjustified because the Germans kept accurate records. Perhaps someone could reword this. [[User:Erasmus|Erasmus]] 16:44, 2 May 2007 (EDT)

== Total Dead ==

I've changed the upward value for loss of life from 12 million to 14 million, the value provided by the Encyclopedia of Military History. I thought I better state this in case someone gets upset, as this whole subject can have a tendency to be more touchy than most. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 19:30, 8 May 2007 (EDT)
:We need to decide if we are going to apply the term "Holocaust" to non-Jewish vicitms. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 20:58, 8 May 2007 (EDT)

::Traditionally it has been that way. It's only over time that the non-Jewish dead started to be, for lack of a better word, forgotten. I would say keep it to include everyone who died under Hitler for no reason other than their inconveniance to him. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 21:15, 8 May 2007 (EDT)

:::This may need some research on what various respected historians on the Holocaust have said. Simply because it's so-called "common usage" is no reason for us to repeat. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 21:17, 8 May 2007 (EDT)

==Expanding the article==
As you can see, I've begun expanding it today, and will be done by tomorrow. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 19:02, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
::Very nice. But why does it only mention Gypsies, Jehovas witness and homosexuals? More Slavs were victims than all these groups combined.[[User:Bohdan|Bohdan]] <sup>[[User talk:Bohdan|Talk]]</sup> 19:04, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
::It isn't done yet, but it should list the groups of people who were targeted for slavery as well as those targeted for extermination. But as a rule, ''holocaust'' as a term should be restricted to the persecution of the Jews in Europe by the Nazis. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 19:22, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
::::No argument there.[[User:Bohdan|Bohdan]] <sup>[[User talk:Bohdan|Talk]]</sup> 19:25, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
::::::Glad my suggested article improvement drive is working! [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:31, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
:::::::Yer welcome! Now for the rest of the articles on the list... [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 19:41, 24 May 2007 (EDT)

==Dawidowicz==
Here is the citation moved from the Adolf Hilter page. This link is from the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]] and reads,
{{Cquote|Postwar historians of the Holocaust, especially those asserting the exclusivist view that the Holocaust was a historical experience unique to the Jewish people, have taken a similar position. Thus [[Lucy S. Dawidowicz]], a leading exclusivist, has dismissed as '''not worthy of mention''' the '''"prostitutes, homosexuals, perverts, and common criminals"''' incarcerated by the Nazi.2 }}

with the footnote

{{Cquote|Lucy S. Dawidowicz, The Holocaust and the Historians (Cambridge, MA, 1981), p. 8. Ironically, this stance echoes the alibi voiced in crypto-Nazi writings of the postwar period that the inmates of the concentration camps were mainly black marketeers and other criminals who later posed as innocent victims of the regime; for example, Brigitte Pohl, Fastnacht der Damonen: Erlebnisse einer Wienerin (Leoni am Stamberger See, 1963), p. 45 [published by the Druffel-Verlag]. Pohl is a frequent contributor to the farright monthly Nation Europa, published in Coburg. }}

http://web.archive.org/web/20010121143900/http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/resources/books/annual7/chap12.html

Dawidowicz is the Author of ''A Holocaust Reader'', and ''The War Against the Jews'', two definitive works we certainly will be citing in this article. Dawidowicz's credentials are impecable. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 21:49, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
:Use that as a reference, and add material as appropriate. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 15:38, 25 May 2007 (EDT)

So far I have touched the beginnings of World War II. As it stands, what I have put in is merely an article in general terms; detail can be added as needed. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 15:41, 25 May 2007 (EDT)

==Done==
The structure is pretty basic, but ready for new material. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 11:35, 30 May 2007 (EDT)

== Bombing the railroad ==

Many historians have debated the question of why the Allies did not attempt to stop the operations at Auschwitz by bombing the railroad into the camp - or whether they could or should have. Is that relevant to this article? [[User:Sevenstring|Sevenstring]] 12:24, 30 May 2007 (EDT)
:Yes it is. Perhaps a new subsection called "Allied responses" or something similar, in which it is described what the Allies did, could have done, or didn't do during the war. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 12:41, 30 May 2007 (EDT)

Your edit of the word Nurnberg is fine, however it's spelled. What I wanted to do is to get as close as possible to the German spelling, but the mark above the letter "U" in the word is a bit of a trouble to insert. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 15:49, 30 May 2007 (EDT)
:Found the German version of the word, with the inflection. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 15:54, 30 May 2007 (EDT)

==This is an excellent article==

This is a very well done and researched article. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 13:33, 8 July 2007 (EDT)

Someone has posted a photograph on top of the statistics in the Aftermath section of the article. Can this be removed?[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 12:01, 17 August 2007 (EDT)

I see once again someone has pasted a photograph on top of the statistics in the Aftermath section of the article. Can this be removed?[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 21:08, 26 August 2007 (EDT)

I don't understand; I don't see a photograph there. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 21:14, 26 August 2007 (EDT)

It's 12:35 PM on August 31, 2007. Take a look again at the statistics box. It's partially blocked by a photograph.[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 12:37, 31 August 2007 (EDT)

Greece

2007-08-27T21:18:12Z

Needleman:

[[Image:Greece.gif|thumbnail|right|250px|The Greek Flag.]]

[[Image:Greek national costume.jpg|frame|right|Greek national costume.]]

Country located in the Southeastern part of [[Europe]]. It is also used as a
collective term for the [[civilization|civilizations]] of that geographic
area. It is now a [[Greece (Country)|developed country]]
<ref>http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1127.html</ref>,
member of the [[EU]] and of [[NATO]].

Ancient Greece had a lot of influence on many of today's cultural
achievements, like democracy and the art of debating. The ancient Greeks
were pagans, believing in their own pantheon of numerous gods.

Greece was instrumental in the
spread and subsequent growth of [[Christianity]]. The first town of
(today's) [[Europe]] Paul set foot in was [[Philipi]] in Northern Greece
and the [[Athens]] hill on which he preached is one of the most important
landmarks of the town. It is generally accepted that the Greek-speaking
part of the [[Roman Empire]] was the first one to abandon paganism
<ref>Renaissance and Reformation: The Intellectual Genesis, by A. Levi
Yale University Press (2004) </ref>
and certainly, [[Constantine|Constantine the Great]], the first Christian Roman
Emperor moved his capital to [[Constantinople]] in the Greek East.
Most of the great Church Fathers were either Greek or primarily active in
the Greek-speaking areas of the Empire <ref>The Teachings of the Church
Fathers, by John Randolph Willis, Ignatius Press (2002)</ref>

The [[Byzantine Empire]], as it was late called, was a continuation of the
(Eastern) Roman Empire, but it was gradually identified with the Greek
national conscience and the [[Greek-Orthodox]] Church. <ref>History
of the Byzantine State, by G. Ostrogorski, Rutgers University Press
(1986)</ref> The Byzantine State was dissolved after the conquest of
[[Constantinople]] by the [[Ottoman Turks]] in 1453. The Greeks, along
with the other Orthodox subjects of the Ottoman Empire, were represented
by the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] of [[Constantinople]] and the
Greek-Orthodox Patriarch was responsible for the obedience of the
Orthodox subjects to the Sultan.

The modern Greek state was established in 1830 after the Greek War of
Independence (1821-1830). Though still holding on to the
Greek Orthodox traditions that defined Greek culture for centuries, since its independence, Greece has been developing rapidly economically and integrating
into the Western institutions. It took part in both World Wars on the side
of the Allies and it successfully resisted a
Communist take-over during the Greek Civil War (1945-1949). Greece is now
an EU and NATO member and its currency is the [[Euro]] <ref>
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gr.html</ref>

==References==
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==See Also==
[[Greco-Persian Wars]]

[[Category:European Countries]]
[[Category:NATO members]]
[[Category:EU Members]]

Talk:Greece

2007-08-27T01:12:55Z

Needleman:

Was there something wrong with [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/greekeros.html this source]?
[[User:JC|JC]] 10:26, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

: It's a lot of speculation, citing obscure names and sources, by a graduate student. It doesn't deserve to be the bulk of an entry about Greece. Maybe when the entry on Greece addresses far more significant aspects of its culture, then this could be a footnote near the end. It should not be the sum and substance, as there is no evidence that it was all that significant.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 10:30, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

::Fair enough. Not being up to the high standard of [[homeschooling|homeschooler]] contributions it just lowers the tone of things.
::[[User:JC|JC]] 10:36, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

:::Let's see what they say at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/homosexuality/]. So whatever you make of it, the facts are there. I'm not going to re-edit this article since I got a warning for that.--[[User:Sherman|Sherman]] 10:39, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

::::That source is just the kind of [[liberal]]-bias Conservapedia is trying to avoid.
::::[[User:JC|JC]] 10:44, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

:::::So the conclusion could be: It's not proven that ancient greek scholars used gay practices, and it could even be a myth set free by the liberals in order to promote and glorify homosexuality?--[[User:Sherman|Sherman]] 10:49, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

:::"Conservapedia is an online resource and meeting place where we give full credit to Christianity and America. Conservapedia is student-friendly." [http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page].
:::Articles about or containing anything to do with [[sex]] are anti-Christian, Un-American and definitely not student-freindly. We do not want our children to know about such [[evil]] things. That's why Corservapedia was set up.
:::[[User:JC|JC]] 06:22, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

Ignorance is a blessing? "Articles about or containing anything to do with [[sex]] are anti-Christian, Un-American and definitely not student-freindly. We do not want our children to know about such [[evil]] things." I can see why one wants to protect children from certain things but this is just going to far. Children and youths ain't stupid. Trying to hide everything about sex will just make it interesting. Young people are curious, try to show what you think is the right side of things, don't pretend it's not there! .--[[User:What|What]]

Somebody has plastered a picture on top of the article. Is there any way to remove it, so we can read it?[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 11:58, 17 August 2007 (EDT)

As a librarian, how can I confirm that Conservapedia is a good source for information on a topic, when articles such as this one have been vandalized? Is there any way to remove the photograph from the article?[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 11:18, 18 August 2007 (EDT)

Once again somebody has pasted a picture on top of the article. Is there any way to remove it, so we can read it?[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 21:12, 26 August 2007 (EDT)

Talk:Holocaust

2007-08-27T01:08:44Z

Needleman:

Xenophon

2007-08-25T15:29:40Z

Needleman:

'''Xenophon''' was a Greek historian and a disciple of [[Socrates]]. He lived from 427 to 355 BC.

Xenophon was the primary historian of the last days of Greece's freedom. His ''Memorabilia'' depicts Socrates as a teacher of virtue who balanced reason and faith in order to attain the truth. <ref>Xenophon. E. C. Marchant (Translator), O. J. Todd (Translator). Xenophon: Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apologia. (Loeb Classical Library No. 168) </ref> He wrote a detailed account ''Hellenica'' which picked up where [[Thucydides]]'s ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' left off.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category: Ancient Greek Historians]]

Arrian

2007-08-25T15:28:33Z

Needleman:

Arrian was an ancient Greek historian and biographer of Alexander the Great.

[[Category: Ancient Greek Historians]]

Arrian

2007-08-25T15:27:25Z

Needleman: New page: Arrian was a ancient Greek historian and biographer of Alexander the Great. Category: Ancient Greek Historians

Arrian was a ancient Greek historian and biographer of Alexander the Great.

[[Category: Ancient Greek Historians]]

Thucydides

2007-08-25T15:24:19Z

Needleman:

'''Thucydides''' (455-400 B.C.) was the first scientific historian in ancient Greece. He is famous for writing the [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first full work of historical analysis.

[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category: Ancient Greek Historians]]

Thucydides

2007-08-25T15:24:05Z

Needleman:

'''Thucydides''' (455-400 B.C.) was the first scientific historian in ancient Greece. He is famous for writing the [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first full work of historical analysis.

[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category: Ancient greek Historians]]

Herodotus

2007-08-25T15:22:57Z

Needleman:

'''Herodotus''' lived from 484 to 425 BC. He was a Greek historian who is regarded as the father of history. His book ''Histories'' describes the [[Persian Wars]]. He married his wife [[Andflef]] in 502 BC. with whom he had six children.

== Famous Quotations ==
A freely adapted and translated quotation from Herodotus has become famous as the unofficial motto of the United States Post Office (now United States Postal Service). The monumental General Post Office building in New York, built in 1914, has a 280-foot frieze bearing an inscription selected by the architect:
:Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
Herodotus was writing about the couriers of King Xerxes of Persia.

== Style ==
Herodotus' style was largely typical of Grecian-Roman historiography: that is, an emphasis on the sensational, the mythical, and a downplay on verifiable facts. Histories were written largely for popular consumption, and they were not often intended as scholarly works, but as a preservation of popular myths at the time of the writing.

Examples of Herodotus' myth-centered history is his description of mythical beasts as inhabiting foreign lands (an example is the [[phoenix]], which he treats as a real Egyptian animal).

However, recently, one of Herodotus' more far-fetched claims has been proven by modern science, specifically, DNA testing. Herodotus claims in his ''Histories'' that the [[Etruscans]] were an offshoot of a tribe of Turkish nomads, who left their ancestral home as an advance scouting party to look for safer, more readily cultivatable land, and, having arrived in Italy, founded the Etruscan civilization as a colony of their old tribe, which has since been lost to the ages. This claim was largely scorned by the [[Romans]]. Finding DNA corroboration of Herodotus' account was a sensational find for classical historians, suggesting that Herodotus' ''Histories'' may be more factual than before believed (at least with regards to human history, if not biology).[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/science/03etruscan.html?ex=1178337600&en=00778c1db4e835a5&ei=5070]

[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category: Ancient Greek Historians]]

Polybius

2007-08-25T15:21:29Z

Needleman:

Polybius was a Greek historian, who lived from around 200 BC to around 118 BC. He wrote a history of the rise of the Roman Empire while being held as a political prisoner in Italy, where he had been deported after Rome's victory over Perseus, the last king of Macedon, in 168 BC.

[[Category: Ancient Greek Historians]]

Diodorus Siculus

2007-08-25T15:19:57Z

Needleman:

Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian, who wrote a universal history, ''Bibliotheca Historica''. This history consisted of 40 books and was divided into three parts. The first concerns the mythic history of the non-Hellenic and Hellenic tribes up to the destruction of Troy; the second part ends with the death of Alexander the Great; and the third continues the history as far as the beginning of Caesar's Gallic War. The ''Bibliotheca'' is an invaluable source, since no other continuous historical source has survived, and covers periods missing in the works of earlier authors, from which it was compiled. Diodorus does not always quote his authorities, but in the books that have survived his most important sources for Greek history were certainly Ephorus (for 480–340 BC) and Hieronymus of Cardia (for 323–302.

Diodorus lived in the time of Julius Caesar and Augustus. His own statements make it clear that he travelled in Egypt during 60–57 BC and spent several years in Rome. The latest event mentioned by him belongs to the year 21 BC.

"Diodorus Siculus." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 23 Aug. 2007 <http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9030527>.

[[Category: Ancient Greek Historians]]

Diodorus Siculus

2007-08-23T19:43:39Z

Needleman:

Diodorus Siculus

2007-08-23T19:43:07Z

Needleman:

Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian, who wrote a universal history, ''Bibliotheca Historica''. This history consisted of 40 books and was divided into three parts. The first concerns the mythic history of the non-Hellenic and Hellenic tribes up to the destruction of Troy; the second part ends with the death of Alexander the Great; and the third continues the history as far as the beginning of Caesar's Gallic War. The ''Bibliotheca'' is an invaluable source, since no other continuous historical source has survived, and covers periods missing in the works of earlier authors, from which it was compiled. Diodorus does not always quote his authorities, but in the books that have survived his most important sources for Greek history were certainly Ephorus (for 480–340 BC) and Hieronymus of Cardia (for 323–302.

Diodorus lived in the time of Julius Caesar and Augustus. His own statements make it clear that he travelled in Egypt during 60–57 BC and spent several years in Rome. The latest event mentioned by him belongs to the year 21 BC.
"Diodorus Siculus." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 23 Aug. 2007 <http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9030527>.

Diodorus Siculus

2007-08-23T19:39:27Z

Needleman:

Diodorus Siculus

2007-08-23T19:39:13Z

Needleman: New page: Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian, who wrote a universal history, ''Bibliotheca Historica''. This history consisted of 40 books and was divided into three parts. The first concerns th...

Polybius

2007-08-20T02:25:18Z

Needleman:

Polybius

2007-08-20T02:24:42Z

Needleman: New page: Polybius was a Greek historian, who lived from around 200 BC to around 118 BC. He wrote a history of the rise of the Roman Empire while being held as a political prisoner in Italy, where h...

Talk:Neoconservatism

2007-08-18T22:37:56Z

Needleman:

Some neoconservatives also call themselves "paleo-liberals". [[User:Jaques|Jaques]] 05:17, 9 July 2007 (EDT)

Besides Michael Bloomberg, Ronald Reagan, Phil Gramm, Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms, and many others, were also members of the Democratic Party before they became Republicans.[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 18:37, 18 August 2007 (EDT)

Talk:Neoconservatism

2007-08-18T22:37:33Z

Needleman:

Khazars

2007-08-18T15:36:21Z

Needleman:

The Khazars were a Central Asian people whose king converted to Judaism in the Middle Ages. There is a legend that he called in representatives of Chrisitanity, Judaism, and Islam, in order to decide which religion to choose for himself and his kingdom. After listening to each of their arguments, he chose Judaism.

Some people believe that many of the Ashkenazi Jews of Europe are descendants of the Khazars.

Khazars

2007-08-18T15:35:14Z

Needleman: New page: The Khazars were a Central Asian people whose king converted to Judaism in the Middle Ages. There is a legend that he called in representatives of Chrisitanity, Judaism, and Islam, in orde...

Talk:French and Indian War

2007-08-18T15:25:40Z

Needleman:

The French and Indian War was the part of the Seven Years War fought on the North American continent between the British and the French colonists using the Indians (native Americans) as allies.[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 11:24, 18 August 2007 (EDT)

Talk:French and Indian War

2007-08-18T15:24:49Z

Needleman: New page: The French and Indian War was the part of the Seven Years War fought on the North American continent between the British and the French colonists using the Indians (native Americans)as all...

The French and Indian War was the part of the Seven Years War fought on the North American continent between the British and the French colonists using the Indians (native Americans)as allies.[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 11:24, 18 August 2007 (EDT)

Talk:Greece

2007-08-18T15:18:40Z

Needleman:

Talk:Air America Radio

2007-08-17T22:15:08Z

Needleman:

Air America was founded by Al Franken as a counterbalance to the overwhelming dominance of the talk radio market by rightwing talk show hosts, such as Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, etc.[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 17:59, 17 August 2007 (EDT)
:What we need is a record of the bankruptcy proceedings to determine if any of that is true. Right now, Air America looks more like [[Enron]]. [[User:RobS|Rob Smith]] 18:05, 17 August 2007 (EDT)

I am confused by the response. What do bankruptcy proceedings have to do with the reason that Air America was founded? Air America still broadcasts every day at least for now.[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 18:15, 17 August 2007 (EDT)

Talk:Air America Radio

2007-08-17T22:00:28Z

Needleman:

Talk:Air America Radio

2007-08-17T21:59:46Z

Needleman:

Air America was founded by Al Franken as an counterbalance to the overwhelming dominance of the talk radio market by rightwing talk show hosts, such as Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, etc.[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 17:59, 17 August 2007 (EDT)

Talk:Air America Radio

2007-08-17T16:16:38Z

Needleman: New page: Air America was founded by Al Franken as an antidote to the overwhelming dominance of the talk radio market by rightwing talk show hosts, such as Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity...

Air America was founded by Al Franken as an antidote to the overwhelming dominance of the talk radio market by rightwing talk show hosts, such as Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, etc. Al Franken no longer has a show on Air America, since he is running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota.

Talk:Holocaust

2007-08-17T16:02:31Z

Needleman:

Talk:Holocaust

2007-08-17T16:01:27Z

Needleman:

The "Criticism" section could be a major black eye if it's not carefully watched. --[[User:John|John]] 22:52, 7 March 2007 (EST)

== Reverts ==

You can revert back to the biased version if you insist, but you could at least have kept the correct spelling of "occurrence". [[User:AppliedFaith|AppliedFaith]] 16:13, 13 April 2007 (EDT)

== Evidence ==
I think (from a pedantic view of English grammar) that there is a small contradiction between the wording that the number of those killed is an estimate because incomplete records have been recovered and the fact the holocaust denial is unjustified because the Germans kept accurate records. Perhaps someone could reword this. [[User:Erasmus|Erasmus]] 16:44, 2 May 2007 (EDT)

== Total Dead ==

I've changed the upward value for loss of life from 12 million to 14 million, the value provided by the Encyclopedia of Military History. I thought I better state this in case someone gets upset, as this whole subject can have a tendency to be more touchy than most. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 19:30, 8 May 2007 (EDT)
:We need to decide if we are going to apply the term "Holocaust" to non-Jewish vicitms. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 20:58, 8 May 2007 (EDT)

::Traditionally it has been that way. It's only over time that the non-Jewish dead started to be, for lack of a better word, forgotten. I would say keep it to include everyone who died under Hitler for no reason other than their inconveniance to him. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 21:15, 8 May 2007 (EDT)

:::This may need some research on what various respected historians on the Holocaust have said. Simply because it's so-called "common usage" is no reason for us to repeat. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 21:17, 8 May 2007 (EDT)

==Expanding the article==
As you can see, I've begun expanding it today, and will be done by tomorrow. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 19:02, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
::Very nice. But why does it only mention Gypsies, Jehovas witness and homosexuals? More Slavs were victims than all these groups combined.[[User:Bohdan|Bohdan]] <sup>[[User talk:Bohdan|Talk]]</sup> 19:04, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
::It isn't done yet, but it should list the groups of people who were targeted for slavery as well as those targeted for extermination. But as a rule, ''holocaust'' as a term should be restricted to the persecution of the Jews in Europe by the Nazis. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 19:22, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
::::No argument there.[[User:Bohdan|Bohdan]] <sup>[[User talk:Bohdan|Talk]]</sup> 19:25, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
::::::Glad my suggested article improvement drive is working! [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 19:31, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
:::::::Yer welcome! Now for the rest of the articles on the list... [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 19:41, 24 May 2007 (EDT)

==Dawidowicz==
Here is the citation moved from the Adolf Hilter page. This link is from the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]] and reads,
{{Cquote|Postwar historians of the Holocaust, especially those asserting the exclusivist view that the Holocaust was a historical experience unique to the Jewish people, have taken a similar position. Thus [[Lucy S. Dawidowicz]], a leading exclusivist, has dismissed as '''not worthy of mention''' the '''"prostitutes, homosexuals, perverts, and common criminals"''' incarcerated by the Nazi.2 }}

with the footnote

{{Cquote|Lucy S. Dawidowicz, The Holocaust and the Historians (Cambridge, MA, 1981), p. 8. Ironically, this stance echoes the alibi voiced in crypto-Nazi writings of the postwar period that the inmates of the concentration camps were mainly black marketeers and other criminals who later posed as innocent victims of the regime; for example, Brigitte Pohl, Fastnacht der Damonen: Erlebnisse einer Wienerin (Leoni am Stamberger See, 1963), p. 45 [published by the Druffel-Verlag]. Pohl is a frequent contributor to the farright monthly Nation Europa, published in Coburg. }}

http://web.archive.org/web/20010121143900/http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/resources/books/annual7/chap12.html

Dawidowicz is the Author of ''A Holocaust Reader'', and ''The War Against the Jews'', two definitive works we certainly will be citing in this article. Dawidowicz's credentials are impecable. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 21:49, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
:Use that as a reference, and add material as appropriate. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 15:38, 25 May 2007 (EDT)

So far I have touched the beginnings of World War II. As it stands, what I have put in is merely an article in general terms; detail can be added as needed. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 15:41, 25 May 2007 (EDT)

==Done==
The structure is pretty basic, but ready for new material. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 11:35, 30 May 2007 (EDT)

== Bombing the railroad ==

Many historians have debated the question of why the Allies did not attempt to stop the operations at Auschwitz by bombing the railroad into the camp - or whether they could or should have. Is that relevant to this article? [[User:Sevenstring|Sevenstring]] 12:24, 30 May 2007 (EDT)
:Yes it is. Perhaps a new subsection called "Allied responses" or something similar, in which it is described what the Allies did, could have done, or didn't do during the war. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 12:41, 30 May 2007 (EDT)

Your edit of the word Nurnberg is fine, however it's spelled. What I wanted to do is to get as close as possible to the German spelling, but the mark above the letter "U" in the word is a bit of a trouble to insert. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 15:49, 30 May 2007 (EDT)
:Found the German version of the word, with the inflection. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 15:54, 30 May 2007 (EDT)

==This is an excellent article==

This is a very well done and researched article. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 13:33, 8 July 2007 (EDT)

Someone has posted a photograph on top of the statistics in the Aftermath section of the article. Can this beremoved?[[User:Needleman|Needleman]] 12:01, 17 August 2007 (EDT)

Talk:Greece

2007-08-17T15:58:16Z

Needleman: