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Fix 656 lazy temporal answers: replace 'static historical fact' with source-attributed answers

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- Updated perspective.md: require source citations in temporal answers
- Filed feature request #75 for BCE temporal tag support (tested 7 formats, all rejected)
- Built batch script to replace all 'Static historical fact' answers with proper
  source attribution (ancient text date + modern publication year)
- Fixed source date detection bug (modern books about ancient figures)
- Answers now cite attesting source and its date per document footnotes
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@@ -34,31 +34,31 @@ Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE on the Mediterranean co
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Location: Mediterranean coast of Egypt, western Nile Delta" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Founded: 331 BCE by Alexander the Great" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 331 BCE event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Capital of: Ptolemaic Egypt (305–30 BCE)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 30 BCE event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Peak population: ~500,000–1,000,000 (largest city in the ancient world for ..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Great Library of Alexandria: Largest library of the ancient world, ~400,000..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Mouseion (Museum): Research institution attached to the Library" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Pharos Lighthouse: One of the Seven Wonders, ~100–130 m tall, built ~280 BC..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Serapeum: Temple of Serapis, housed part of the Library's collection" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Euclid: *Elements* of geometry" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Eratosthenes: Calculated Earth's circumference" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "Aristarchus: Proposed heliocentric model" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 25: "Ptolemy (Claudius): *Almagest* (astronomy), *Geography*" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 26: "Septuagint: Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Casson (2001) [^1]; McKenzie (2007) [^2].
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Location: Mediterranean coast of Egypt, western Nile Delta" - what is the source?
> Casson (2001) [^1], McKenzie (2007) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Founded: 331 BCE by Alexander the Great" - what is the source?