# Ancient History Knowledge Base

## Domain
Ancient history from early civilizations through the fall of Rome (~476 CE).

## Scope
- Civilizations, empires, and kingdoms
- Rulers, leaders, and notable figures
- Battles and military campaigns
- Treaties and diplomatic agreements
- Cities and archaeological sites
- Religions and belief systems
- Technologies and engineering
- Trade routes and economic networks
- Legal codes and governance
- Writing systems and literacy
- Cultural and intellectual movements

## Conventions
- Use BCE/CE dating throughout (not BC/AD)
- Temporal precision ranges from century-level (~2500 BCE) to exact dates
- Sources include primary ancient texts and modern archaeological scholarship
- Cross-reference related entities (e.g., rulers ↔ civilizations ↔ battles)
- Note when dates are approximate or debated among scholars

## Quality Standards
- Every claim should cite a source (primary text or modern scholarship)
- Distinguish between established consensus and scholarly debate
- Note archaeological evidence where relevant
- Use temporal tags on ALL dated facts for machine readability
- CE temporal tag format: @t[=YYYY] (e.g., 378 CE = @t[=0378])
- BCE temporal tags: not yet supported by factbase (feature request filed). Write BCE dates in text for now, add tags when support lands
- When answering temporal review questions, always cite the attesting source and its date — never dismiss as "static historical fact"
