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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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@@ -33,29 +33,29 @@ Bronze working — the alloying of copper with tin — defined the Bronze Age (~
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Period: ~3300–1200 BCE (Bronze Age)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 1200 BCE event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Composition: ~88% copper, ~12% tin" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Earliest bronze: Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, ~3300 BCE" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 3300 BCE event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Spread to: Egypt, Indus Valley, China, Europe" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Copper smelting preceded bronze by ~2,000 years (Chalcolithic period)" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Tin was scarce; long-distance trade networks developed to source it (Cornwall..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Lost-wax casting technique enabled complex shapes" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Chinese bronze casting (Shang dynasty, ~1600 BCE) achieved exceptional sophis..." - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> 1600 BCE event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Superior weapons: Swords, spearheads, armor" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Agricultural tools: Plows, sickles" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "Monumental art: Statuary, ritual vessels" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2].
- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 25: "Drove long-distance trade networks for tin and copper" - when was this true?
> Static historical fact. No temporal tag needed.
> Historical event. Attested by Muhly (1985) [^1]; Bagley (1987) [^2].
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Period: ~3300–1200 BCE (Bronze Age)" - what is the source?
> Muhly (1985) [^1], Bagley (1987) [^2]
- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Composition: ~88% copper, ~12% tin" - what is the source?