Title: historiography - Is history always written by the victors? - History Stack Exchange
Headings: 
Is history always written by the victors?
13 Answers
13
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged historiography philosophy theoretical-history or ask your own question.

Content: The US Civil War. Much of the history was driven by the South's need to justify itself especially after the first 20 years up to about 1960 or so. The Fall of the Roman Republic Virtually all of the surviving histories were written by the conservative factions of Rome and not by the Caesarian side. Augustus didn't mind that much as it let the elite blow off steam while he ran things as suited him. Share
Improve this answer
answered Mar 21 '14 at 22:02
Oldcat
Oldcat
11.6k 37
37 silver badges
52
52 bronze badges
2
Add a comment
|
17
The Arab-Israeli conflict. The Arabs lost to Israel in 4 wars (1948, 1967, 1973, 1982) but their version of history is the most accepted today (even the universal acceptance of the term "Palestinian people"). Thus Israelis are portrayed "colonizers", Zionism was portrayed as racism in the UN, and Israel as an apartheid state. This while Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people (recognized by the league of nations 1922), Jews are depicted as pigs all over the Arab world, and Israel is the only country in the Middle East in which Arab citizens have basic human freedoms. Share
Improve this answer
edited Feb 2 '18 at 14:26
Lars Bosteen
97.6k 18
18 gold badges
435
435 silver badges
500
500 bronze badges
answered Jul 19 '13 at 13:24
Tom
Tom
203 2
2 silver badges
2
2 bronze badges
3
Add a comment
|
10
The entire Bible is pretty much written by the losers of history, written from the perspective of the Hebrew slaves, the prophets, and the exiles, rather than the Pharaoh, the king, and the conquerors, respectively. Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, the Greeks, and the Romans all had their empires, but the perspective was taken from a particular people who lived under the control of these empires.