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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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@@ -35,33 +35,33 @@ Mesopotamian religion was the polytheistic belief system of Sumer, Akkad, Babylo
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Period: ~4000 BCE – ~100 CE" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 4000 BCE event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Type: Polytheistic" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Sacred sites: Ziggurats in every major city" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Key texts: *Enuma Elish* (creation epic), *Epic of Gilgamesh*, *Descent of In..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "An/Anu: Sky god, father of the gods" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Enlil: God of wind and storms, chief deity of Nippur" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Enki/Ea: God of wisdom and fresh water" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Inanna/Ishtar: Goddess of love, war, and fertility" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 20: "Marduk: Patron god of Babylon, supreme deity in the *Enuma Elish*" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 21: "Shamash/Utu: Sun god and god of justice [^1]" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "Ziggurats: Temple platforms connecting heaven and earth" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 25: "Divination: Extispicy (reading entrails), astrology, dream interpretation" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 26: "Flood narrative: Utnapishtim in the *Epic of Gilgamesh* (parallels Noah) [^2]" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 27: "Afterlife: Gloomy underworld (*Kur*/*Irkalla*) for all, regardless of virtue" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Bottéro (2001) [^1]; Dalley (2000) [^2].
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Period: ~4000 BCE – ~100 CE" - what is the source?
> Bottéro (2001) [^1], Dalley (2000) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Type: Polytheistic" - what is the source?