<span>The belief that the country should be run by the learned elite.
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When analyzing a source, historian has to remain unbiased and free from personal feelings and opinions. They know that there are different source of an event and they may reveal different facts which could cross-check his argument. The objective historiography is possible only when the historian is unbiased and when different sources like archaeological, literary and other sources are cross-checked and interpreted independently.
Soviet-war and Vietnam war
I would say that these ideas most likely appealed to so many people because t<span>hey promised a way for people to end worldly suffering.
People were sick of seeing other people, including themselves, suffer every single day in this rotten world, which is why they wanted to seek help somehow. They managed to find it in Buddhism, which recommended walking down the rightful path in order to end suffering and pain.
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