EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION OF CONTROVERSIAL HISTORICAL TOPICS REQUIRES EVIDENCE FROM MORE DISCIPLINES OR MANY ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

Abstract

In his study, the author shares the experiences gained through his research, highlighting the need to use the results of a range of scientific fields and possible alternative sources in order to properly explore ancient or modern controversial topics and achieve effective results. In his opinion, along with ancient sources, there are historical, historical-literary, linguistic, folklore, which can be obtained with the help of modern technologies; mythological, ethnographic, religious, metaphysical knowledge, in addition to them, archaeological, DNA-genological, physical, chemical results, as well as the possibilities of the media and the Internet create new creative technologies. Through these resources and opportunities, certain important moments and pieces of history dating back ten thousand years are sometimes discovered.

As can be seen from the author's research, sometimes the same document (evidence) is evaluated differently by different researchers, considered professionals. In his opinion, it should be taken into account that some statements and declarations may be targeted (oriented towards political results) and designed to confuse the other side when explaining historical events and their causes. Since our modern world has new opportunities in time and space in terms of acquiring and sharing knowledge, the historical researcher, especially on the path to uncovering ancient, intricate problems, has a very diverse collection collected from different geographical regions: mythological, ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological from another geography., archaeological-DNA-genological from a completely different region... and sometimes from the very central part of the province, where they are looking for a solution to the problem, and evidence obtained from the search for hydrocarbons at a depth of 10 km sheds light on the solution to that problem, which scientists have not been able to solve for hundreds of years. “Scientific ideas and results of influential academic figures are inviolable!” – This statement is still being challenged in academic circles in many countries with the help of alternative additional evidence obtained with the help of modern technologies. Wouldn’t it be better to think: “The logical judgment of facts is scientific!” In such research processes, the history of very important keywords (the historical stage in which they appeared) must also be clarified: Az, Ar//Er, Sak//Sak, Azer, Araz, Abram, Saray, Aran, Kish... sort of  [22, p. 437-450].

In some cases, ancient sources can also carry the viewer's ideas, images, and lead to wrong conclusions if the time and geographical context are not studied. It is also possible that a generalization from a historical document or fact may be erroneous. It is also important to be able to see the history of peoples, regions, countries, and the world in dialectical development - to take into account the laws of dialectics in understanding historical events. When studying historical events, it should be taken into account that the law of unity and struggle of opposites does not create an obligation for the parties acting as opposites (two neighboring peoples, etc.) to bring this clash to the level of hostility at a certain stage. In the article, the author, in accordance with the requirements of the research topic, attracted evidence from various fields of science and scientific information based on alternative sources obtained with the help of modern technologies, and gave an example of revealing historiographical problems, such as the explanation of the word “Azerbaijan” and “Narimanov’s statement” own research.