#and thats with like 5000+ year old clay tablets like bro do you really think historians cant verify information from like the past few
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its so awesome when people say that historical study is useless and fake because ”history was written by the winners” like they genuinely think that historians are just like reading 2000 year old accounts from individual figures and going like ”Well he says somethings true and happened so lets publish this as verified information. we werent thought critical thinking btw”
#like historians never try to look for multiple sources or archeological evidence or cultural/societal/ecological context etc. awesome! 👍#like thinking about like how often historical papers and articles ive read just go like Oh yeah this information about ancient babylonian#kings was most likely spread as propaganda in the ancient world because it doesnt match actual evidence we have#and thats with like 5000+ year old clay tablets like bro do you really think historians cant verify information from like the past few#centuries……
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