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Finally, we must study in detail for\r\neach reign the sources, discover which of the various documents or\r\ngroups of documents are the most nearly contemporaneous with the\r\nevents they narrate, and on these, and on these alone, base our\r\nhistory of the period.\nTo the less narrowly technical reader, the development of the\r\nhistorical sense in one of the earlier culture peoples has an interest\r\nall its own. The historical writings of the Assyrians form one of the\r\nmost important branches of their literature. Indeed, it may be claimed\r\nwith much truth that it is the most characteristically Assyrian of\r\nthem all. [Footnote: This study is a source investigation and not a\r\nbibliography. The only royal inscriptions studied in detail are those\r\npresenting source problems. Minor inscriptions of these rulers are\r\naccorded no more space than is absolutely necessary, and rulers who\r\nhave not given us strictly historical inscriptions are generally\r\npassed in silence. The bibliographical notes are condensed as much as\r\npossible and make no pretense of completeness, though they will\r\nprobably be found the most complete yet printed. Every possible care\r\nhas been taken to make the references accurate, but the fact that many\r\nwere consulted in the libraries of Cornell University, University of\r\nChicago, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania, and\r\nare thus inaccessible at the time when the work is passing through the\r\npress, leaves some possibility of error. Dr. B. B. Charles, Instructor\r\nin Semitics in the University of Pennsylvania, has kindly verified\r\nthose where error has seemed at all likely.For the English speaking\r\nreader, practically all the inscriptions for the earlier half of the\r\nhistory are found in Budge-Kjing, Annals of the Kings of\r\nAssyria. 1. For the remainder, Harper, Assyrian and Babylonian\r\nLiterature, is adequate, though somewhat out of date. Rogers,\r\nCuneiform Parallels to the, Old Testament, gives an up to date\r\ntranslation of those passages which throw light on the Biblical\r\nwritings. Other works cited are generally of interest only to\r\nspecialists and the most common are cited by abbreviations which will\r\nbe found at the close of the study.]\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 6559 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Sep 1, 2004 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck),1880-1945 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43215350464669,"sku":"gb-6559-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/6559.jpg?v=1671284149"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-the-study-of-history-gb-29637","title":"Introduction to the Study of History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction to the Study of History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16\n17\nPRELIMINARY STUDIES\nTHE SEARCH FOR DOCUMENTS (HEURISTIC)\nThe historian works with documents. Documents are the traces which have\r\nbeen left by the thoughts and actions of men of former times. Of these\r\nthoughts and actions, however, very few leave any visible traces, and\r\nthese traces, when there are any, are seldom durable; an accident is\r\nenough to efface them. Now every thought and every action that has left\r\nno visible traces, or none but what have since disappeared, is lost for\r\nhistory; is as though it had never been. For want of documents the\r\nhistory of immense periods in the past of humanity is destined to remain\r\nfor ever unknown. For there is no substitute for documents: no\r\ndocuments, no history.\nIn order to draw legitimate inferences from a document to the fact of\r\nwhich it is the trace, numerous precautions are requisite which will be\r\nindicated in18 the sequel. But it is clear that, prior to any critical\r\nexamination or interpretation of documents, the question presents itself\r\nwhether there are any documents at all, how many there are, and where\r\nthey are. If I undertake to deal with a point of history,[22] of\r\nwhatever nature, my first step will be to ascertain the place or places\r\nwhere the documents necessary for its treatment, if any such exist, are\r\nto be found. The search for and the collection of documents is thus a\r\npart, logically the first and most important part, of the historian's\r\ncraft. In Germany it has received the convenient, because short, name of\r\nHeuristik. Is there any need to prove the capital importance of\r\nHeuristic? Assuredly not. It is obvious that if it is neglected, if the\r\nstudent does not, before he sets to work on a point of history, place\r\nhimself in a position to command all accessible sources of information,\r\nhis risk (no small one at the best) of working upon insufficient data is\r\nquite unnecessarily increased: works of erudition or history constructed\r\nin accordance with the rules of the most exact method have been\r\nvitiated, or even rendered worthless, by the accidental circumstance\r\nthat the author was unacquainted with the documents by which those which\r\nhe had within reach, and with which he was content, might have been\r\nillustrated, supplemented, or discredited. The scholars and historians\r\nof to-day, standing, as they19 do, in other respects on an equality with\r\ntheir predecessors of the last few centuries, are only enabled to\r\nsurpass them by their possession of more abundant means of\r\ninformation.[23] Heuristic is, in fact, easier to-day than it used to\r\nbe, although the honest Wagner has still good grounds for saying:\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 29637 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Langlois, Charles Victor \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Aug 8, 2009 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributor (Author)\u003c\/b\u003e: Seignobos, Charles, 1854-1942 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Berry, George Godfrey, 1867- \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Langlois, Charles Victor,1863-1929 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43219191398557,"sku":"gb-29637-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/29637.jpg?v=1671517553"},{"product_id":"problems-in-greek-history-gb-36354","title":"Problems in Greek history","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProblems in Greek history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven since the following sheets were printed, the researches into\r\nprehistoric Greek life, and its relation both to the East, to the\r\nHomeric poems, and to the Greece we know in the 7th century B.C., have\r\nprogressed, and we are beginning to see some light through the mist. I\r\ncan refer the reader to two books, of which one has just been published\r\nin English. The other, the second edition of Busolt's History of\r\nGreece, though still in the press, will be accessible to those that\r\nread German in a few weeks. I prefer to cite the formerSchuchardt's\r\naccount of Schliemann's Excavationsin its English form, as it is\r\nthere enriched with an Introduction, and apparently a revision of the\r\ntext, by Mr. Walter Leaf. This is the first systematic attempt to bring\r\ninto a short compass, with the illustrations, and with some regard to\r\nchronology, the great body of facts discovered and hastily consigned to\r\nmany large volumes by the gifted discoverer. There is, moreover, a\r\nseparate chapter (vi.) which gathers these facts under a theory, not to\r\nspeak of the acute and cautious criticism of Mr. Leaf, which will be\r\nfound in the [vi]Introduction to the volume. The Introduction to Busolt's\r\nHistory, of which (by the author's courtesy) I have seen some 130\r\npages, contains a complete critical discussion of the same evidence.\nHere is the general result in Busolt's own exposition (G. G. 2nd ed.\r\npp. 113 sq.): 'The Homeric culture is younger than the Mykenan, it is\r\nalso simpler and in better proportion. The former had come to use iron\r\nfor arms and tools, the latter is strictly in the age of bronze[vi:1].\r\nIf the culture of the Epics does show a lower stage of technical\r\ndevelopment, we perceive also a decline of oriental influences. In many\r\nrespects, in matters of interment, dress and armour, the epic age\r\ncontrasts with the Mykenan, but in many points we find transitions and\r\nthreads which unite the two civilizations. The Homeric palace shows\r\nremarkable agreements with those of Myken and Tiryns. The Homeric\r\nheroes fight with sword, spear, and bow, like the Mykenan. Splendid\r\nvases, too, and furniture, such as occur [vii]within the range of the\r\nMykenan culture, agree even in details with the descriptions of the\r\nEpos. The Epos, too, knows Myken \"rich in gold,\" and the \"wealthy\"\r\nOdeomenos. In general the homes of the Mykenan culture are prominent in\r\nthe Iliad. The splendour of the Mykenan epoch was therefore still fresh\r\nin the memory of the olians and Ionians when the Epos arose.\n'If the life thus pictured in the Epos thus shows many kindred features\r\nto that of Myken, the Doric life of the Peloponnesus stands in harsh\r\ncontrast. Not in strong fortresses, but in open camps, do we find the\r\nDorian conquerors. The nobles do not fight on chariots in the van, but\r\nserried infantry decides the combat[vii:1].\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 36354 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Mahaffy, J. P. (John Pentland) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 8, 2011 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mahaffy, J. P. 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Klnsen megszokott\r\njelensg ez a kisebb npeknl, melyeknek az egyetemes trtnelemben\r\nnincs elsrend szerepk s gy el sem akarjk hinni, hogy nekik,\r\nbizonyos ltalnossgok ismeretn tl, az egyetemes trtnelem\r\ntanulmnyozsban forrsmveket is kelljen hasznlniok.\nPedig ebben a krdsben pen k vtnek nmagok ellen, ha az els\r\nkrniksokat elhanyagoljk. Az eredeti szvegeknek alapos ismerete\r\narra vezetheti ket, hogy a feldolgozk a forrsnak kiss\r\nzavarosabb rszt mr lvezhetetlennek tartvn, a helyett, hogy a\r\nvz meghiggadst bevrtk volna, kintttk, holott az egszen\r\ntiszta -4- vzzel minden szomjazt ki nem\r\nelgthettek. Mi magyarok ugyancsak keveset mertettnk a kzpkor\r\negyetemes trtnelmnek forrsaibl s gy joggal remlhetjk, hogy\r\nvizt nem kapjuk oly zavarosan, mint a nmetek, angolok s\r\nfranczik, kik oly bven bntak vele, hogy mr egszen sros lett\r\ntle a patak ktfeje. Ez a sr a krnikknak a mi trtnetnkre\r\nvonatkoz, kinttt rszbl keletkezett. Fladatunk nem e sr\r\nkiszikkasztsa, hanem az, hogy megakadlyozzuk a minket dthet\r\nvznek tovbb val pocsklst.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 41612 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Márki, Sándor \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Dec 12, 2012 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Hungarian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Márki, Sándor,1853-1925 \/ eBook \/ Hungarian","offer_id":43221312864413,"sku":"gb-41612-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/41612.jpg?v=1671590856"},{"product_id":"theory-and-history-of-historiography-gb-54642","title":"Theory and History of Historiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheory \u0026amp; History of Historiography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost all the writings which compose the present treatise were printed\r\nin the proceedings of Italian academies and in Italian reviews between\r\n1912 and 1913. Since they formed part of a general scheme, their\r\ncollection in book form presented no difficulties. This volume has\r\nappeared in German under the title Zur Theorie und Geschichte der\r\nHistoriographie (Tbingen, Mohr, 1915).\nThe description of the volume as forming the fourth of my Philosophy\r\nof the Spirit requires some explanation; for it does not really form\r\na new systematic part of the philosophy, and is rather to be looked\r\nupon as a deepening and amplification of the theory of historiography,\r\nalready outlined in certain chapters of the second part, namely the\r\nLogic. But the problem of historical comprehension is that toward\r\nwhich pointed all my investigations as to the modes of the spirit,\r\ntheir distinction and unity, their truly concrete life, which is\r\ndevelopment and history, and as to historical thought, which is the\r\nself-consciousness of this life. In a certain sense, therefore, this\r\nresumption of the treatment of historiography on the completion of the\r\nwide circle, this drawing forth of it from the limits of the first\r\ntreatment[Pg 6] of the subject, was the most natural conclusion that could\r\nbe given to the whole work. The character of 'conclusion' both explains\r\nand justifies the literary form of this last volume, which is more\r\ncompressed and less didactic than that of the previous volumes.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 54642 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Croce, Benedetto \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: May 2, 2017 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Ainslie, Douglas, 1865-1948 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Croce, Benedetto,1866-1952 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43232852902045,"sku":"gb-54642-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/54642.jpg?v=1672155172"},{"product_id":"the-commentaries-of-caesar-gb-55926","title":"The Commentaries of Caesar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Commentaries of Cæsar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt may perhaps be fairly said that the Commentaries of Csar are the\r\nbeginning of modern history. He wrote, indeed, nearly two thousand years\r\nago; but he wrote, not of times then long past, but of things which were\r\ndone under his own eyes, and of his own deeds. And he wrote of countries\r\nwith which we are familiar,of our Britain, for instance, which he\r\ntwice invaded, of peoples not so far remote but that we can identify\r\nthem with our neighbours and ourselves; and he so wrote as to make us\r\nfeel that we are reading actual history, and not romance. The simplicity\r\nof the narratives which he has left is their chief characteristic, if\r\nnot their greatest charm. We feel sure that the circumstances which he\r\ntells us did occur, and that they occurred very nearly as he tells them.\r\nHe deals with those great movements in Europe from which have{2} sprung,\r\nand to which we can trace, the present political condition of the\r\nnations. Interested as the scholar, or the reader of general literature,\r\nmay be in the great deeds of the heroes of Greece, and in the burning\r\nwords of Greek orators, it is almost impossible for him to connect to\r\nany intimate and thoroughly-trusted link the fortunes of Athens, or\r\nSparta, or Macedonia, with our own times and our own position. It is\r\nalmost equally difficult to do so in regard to the events of Rome and\r\nthe Roman power before the time of Csar. We cannot realise and bring\r\nhome to ourselves the Punic Wars or the Social War, the Scipios and the\r\nGracchi, or even the contest for power between Marius and Sulla, as we\r\ndo the Gallic Wars and the invasion of Britain, by which the\r\ncivilisation of Rome was first carried westwards, or the great civil\r\nwars,the Bellum Civile,by which was commenced a line of emperors\r\ncontinued almost down to our own days, and to which in some degree may\r\nbe traced the origin and formation of almost every existing European\r\nnation. It is no doubt true that if we did but know the facts correctly,\r\nwe could refer back every political and social condition of the present\r\nday to the remotest period of mans existence; but the interest fails us\r\nwhen the facts become doubtful, and when the mind begins to fear that\r\nhistory is mixed with romance. Herodotus is so mythic that what delight\r\nwe have in his writings comes in a very slight degree from any desire on\r\nour part to form a continuous chain from the days of which he wrote down\r\nto our own. Between the marvels of Herodotus and the facts of Csar\r\nthere is a great interval,{3} from which have come down to us the works of\r\nvarious noble historians; but with Csar it seems that that certainty\r\ncommences which we would wish to regard as the distinguishing\r\ncharacteristic of modern history.\nIt must be remembered from the beginning that Csar wrote only of what\r\nhe did or of what he caused to be done himself. At least he only so\r\nwrote in the two works of his which remain to us. We are told that he\r\nproduced much besides his Commentaries,among other works, a poem,but\r\nthe two Commentaries are all of his that we have. The former, in seven\r\nbooks, relates the facts of his seven first campaigns in Gaul for seven\r\nconsecutive years; those campaigns in which he reduced the nations\r\nliving between the Rhine, the Rhone, the Mediterranean, the Pyrenees,\r\nand the sea which we now call the British Channel.[1] The latter\r\nCommentary relates the circumstances of the civil war in which he\r\ncontended for power against Pompey, his former colleague, with Crassus,\r\nin the first triumvirate, and established that empire to which Augustus\r\nsucceeded after a second short-lived triumvirate between himself and\r\nLepidus and Antony.\nIt is the object of this little volume to describe Csars Commentaries\r\nfor the aid of those who do not read Latin, and not to write Roman\r\nhistory; but it may be well to say something, in a few introductory\r\nlines, of the life and character of our author. We are all more or less\r\nfamiliar with the name of Julius Csar. In our early days we learned\r\nthat he{4} was the first of those twelve Roman emperors with whose names\r\nit was thought right to burden our young memories; and we were taught to\r\nunderstand that when he began to reign there ceased to exist that form\r\nof republican government in which two consuls elected annually did in\r\ntruth preside over the fortunes of the empire. There had first been\r\nseven kings,whose names have also been made familiar to us,then the\r\nconsuls, and after them the twelve Csars, of whom the great Julius was\r\nthe first. So much we all know of him; and we know, too, that he was\r\nkilled in the Capitol by conspirators just as he was going to become\r\nemperor, although this latter scrap of knowledge seems to be\r\nparadoxically at variance with the former. In addition to this we know\r\nthat he was a great commander and conqueror and writer, who did things\r\nand wrote of them in the veni, vidi, vici stylesaying of himself, I\r\ncame, I saw, I conquered. We know that a great Roman army was intrusted\r\nto him, and that he used this army for the purpose of establishing his\r\nown power in Rome by taking a portion of it over the Rubicon, which\r\nlittle river separated the province which he had been appointed to\r\ngovern from the actual Roman territory within which, as a military\r\nservant of the magistrates of the republic, he had no business to appear\r\nas a general at the head of his army. So much we know; and in the\r\nfollowing very short memoir of the great commander and historian, no\r\neffort shall be made,as has been so frequently and so painfully done\r\nfor us in late years,to upset the teachings of our youth, and to{5}\r\nprove that the old lessons were wrong. They were all fairly accurate,\r\nand shall now only be supplemented by a few further circumstances which\r\nwere doubtless once learned by all school-boys and school-girls, but\r\nwhich some may perhaps have forgotten since those happy days.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 55926 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Trollope, Anthony \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Nov 9, 2017 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Trollope, Anthony,1815-1882 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43236783358109,"sku":"gb-55926-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/55926.jpg?v=1672244268"},{"product_id":"le-cronache-italiane-nel-medio-evo-gb-62038","title":"Le cronache italiane nel Medio Evo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLe cronache italiane nel Medio Evo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nInteso a far noti popolarmente i cronisti italiani\r\ndel Medio Evo, io ho cercato di togliere\r\nogni ingombro di erudizione da questo libro e\r\npresentarlo ai lettori il pi semplice e spedito di\r\ncitazioni che si potesse. 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She snorted and said, \"Prove it!\" Up to then, I had never doubted this. While all Christian churches claim their spiritual beliefs began with Jesus over 2000 years ago-this church claims they also historically began circa 2000 years ago. Further, they assert their church is God's only true\/right church on earth and all others are false churches.When the church leadership was unable to prove this line of succession, I decided to independently investigate. This was no easy task since the church intentionally publishes no records and rarely assumes any official name. However, the church has been identified with various nicknames by the press and in publications. Currently, the moniker most frequently applied, that of Two by Twos (aka 2x2s), is used by the US Library of Congress and Wikipedia. Despite the scarcity of written material and academic research, I eventually located its deeply buried roots in Ireland. To my surprise, it turned out to be a little more than 100 years old and was founded at the turn of the 20th century by William Irvine. Over the next 25 years, my husband and I made two visits to the UK and Ireland where we unearthed numerous historical documents spanning over a century, including letters, testimonials, accounts, journals, newspaper articles, court cases, photographs, family trees, etc. Currently, my book is the only book in print that explores this exclusive ahistorical church from its inception to the present. It provides insight into its development, evolution, pivotal events, key figures, traditions, teachings, and the adoption of the Living Witness Doctrine. Hidden scandals, excommunications, exoduses, tragedies, betrayals, riots, and the expelling of the founder, Wm. Irvine, his right-hand man, Edward Cooney, and their accompanying divisions are presented. I am dedicated to protecting, preserving and sharing the facts surrounding the obscure past of this church and its founder. My hope is that my book will pave the way to its physical history becoming common knowledge, as well as the basis for lessons learned. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it (Sir Winston Churchill).I am passionate about Truth and Justice. The original question that started my investigation was \"Who started your church?\" Other churches are open about their history and founders. My purpose in writing this book is to empower others by sharing the knowledge I wish I had known. Truth never damages a cause that is just (Mahatma Gandhi).I grew up living on the Jackson, Mississippi convention grounds, a facility used for annual church conferences. In 1990, after 40 years involvement, I disassociated from this church. Currently, I reside in North Texas, am married, have three children and four grandchildren. 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