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[^1]: Arrian, *Anabasis of Alexander*
[^2]: Green, P. *Alexander of Macedon* (University of California Press, 1991)
[^3]: Plutarch, *Life of Alexander*; Arrian, *Anabasis of Alexander*
[^4]: Wikipedia, "Death of Alexander the Great" (citing Babylonian astronomical diary; Arrian, Plutarch, Diodorus)
[^4]: Wikipedia, "Death of Alexander the Great" (citing Babylonian astronomical diary; Arrian, Plutarch, Diodorus)
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[^2]: Singh, U. *A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India* (2008)
[^3]: Mark, J. J. "Ashoka the Great." *World History Encyclopedia*, 24 Jun 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/Ashoka_the_Great/
[^4]: "Ashoka." *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka; "Tivala." *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivala; "Edicts of Ashoka." *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edicts_of_Ashoka; "Kunala." *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunala; "Dasharatha Maurya." *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasharatha_Maurya
[^5]: Olivelle, P. *Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King* (Yale University Press, 2024); "Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription." *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar_Bilingual_Rock_Inscription
[^5]: Olivelle, P. *Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King* (Yale University Press, 2024); "Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription." *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar_Bilingual_Rock_Inscription
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 45: "The Ashoka Chakra appears on India's national flag" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 46: "Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath is India's national emblem" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 48: "Ashoka was immediately succeeded by his grandson Dasharatha Maurya (~232–22..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 8: "Born: ~304 BCE, Pataliputra @t[~304 BCE]" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 9: "Died: ~232 BCE @t[~232 BCE]" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Reign: ~268–232 BCE @t[268 BCE..232 BCE]" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Dynasty: Maurya" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Father: Bindusara (r. ~297–273 BCE)" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 14: "Grandfather: Chandragupta Maurya (founder of the empire)" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 18: "First wife: Devi (also Vidisha-mahadevi), daughter of a merchant at Ujjain" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 26: "Conquered Kalinga (~261 BCE), a kingdom on the east coast corresponding to mo..." - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 28: "His 13th Major Rock Edict records his remorse over the campaign" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 34: "Promoted *dhamma* (dharma): Non-violence, religious tolerance, welfare of sub..." - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 45: "The Ashoka Chakra appears on India's national flag" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 23: "Governed using the *Arthashastra* (political treatise attributed to Chanakya,..." - Mark source from 2020 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 27: "The carnage prompted his conversion to Buddhism [^1]" - Thapar source from 1961 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 31: "33 inscriptions total on pillars, boulders, and cave walls across the empire ..." - Mark source from 2020 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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[^4]: Fife, S. "Augustus' Political, Social, & Moral Reforms." *World History Encyclopedia* (worldhistory.org/article/116), 2023
[^5]: Mark, J. J. "Augustus." *World History Encyclopedia* (worldhistory.org/augustus/), 2018
[^6]: Anderson, S. "Archaeologists May Have Found the Villa Where the Roman Emperor Augustus Died." *Smithsonian Magazine*, April 24, 2024 (smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/covered-in-ash-by-the-same-eruption-that-buried-pompeii-this-villa-may-have-belonged-to-emperor-augustus-180984212/)
[^7]: "More Evidence Suggests Villa on Mount Vesuvius Belonged to Rome's First Emperor." *Archaeology Magazine* (archaeology.org/news/2025/07/08/more-evidence-suggests-villa-on-mount-vesuvius-belonged-to-romes-first-emperor/), July 8, 2025
[^7]: "More Evidence Suggests Villa on Mount Vesuvius Belonged to Rome's First Emperor." *Archaeology Magazine* (archaeology.org/news/2025/07/08/more-evidence-suggests-villa-on-mount-vesuvius-belonged-to-romes-first-emperor/), July 8, 2025
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 15: "Children: Julia the Elder (by Scribonia); no biological sons [^3]" - World History Encyclopedia source from 1468 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 29: "Pax Romana: Inaugurated ~200 years of relative peace [^2]" - Everitt source from 2006 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 31: "Building program: "Found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble" [..." - Everitt source from 2006 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 34: "Appointed *pontifex maximus*, becoming both secular and religious head of the..." - Fife source from 2023 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 36: "Social and moral reforms: *Lex Julia* legislation incentivized marriage and c..." - Fife source from 2023 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 42: "Patron of the arts: supported Virgil, whose *Aeneid* was composed during his ..." - Mark source from 2018 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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[^1]: Kuhrt, A. *The Persian Empire* (Routledge, 2007)
[^2]: British Museum, "The Cyrus Cylinder" (BM 90920)
[^3]: Herodotus, *Histories*, Book I (c. 440 BCE)
[^4]: Ezra 1:2–4 (Hebrew Bible); cf. Kuhrt (2007) [^1]
[^4]: Ezra 1:2–4 (Hebrew Bible); cf. Kuhrt (2007) [^1]
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 14: "Successor: Cambyses II (son) [^1]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 27: "Death attributed to battle with the Massagetae under their queen Tomyris (Her..." - when was this true?
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[^1]: Roth, M.T. *Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor* (1997)
[^2]: Harper, R.F. *The Code of Hammurabi* (1904)
[^3]: World History Encyclopedia. "Hammurabi." https://www.worldhistory.org/hammurabi/ (accessed 2026)
[^4]: Wikipedia. "Hammurabi." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi (accessed 2026)
[^4]: Wikipedia. "Hammurabi." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi (accessed 2026)
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Father: Sin-Muballit (predecessor, abdicated due to failing health)" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Inherited a small kingdom (Babylon, Kish, Sippar, Borsippa) and expanded it t..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Was the first ruler to successfully govern all of Mesopotamia without revolt ..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 21: "Improved irrigation systems and infrastructure; control of canal flow also se..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Established Marduk as the supreme deity of Babylon" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Over 200 surviving royal letters document his direct administrative oversight..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 26: "The longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient N..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 28: "Structured as: poetic prologue, 282 case laws, and epilogue (~4,130 lines tot..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 29: "The stele's relief depicts Hammurabi receiving the laws from Shamash, the sun..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 30: "282 laws covering property, trade, family, labor, and criminal matters" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 31: "Among the first legal codes to establish the presumption of innocence [^4]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 32: "Principle of *lex talionis* ("an eye for an eye") with class-based distinctions" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 33: "Influenced later legal traditions, including Mosaic Law in the Hebrew Bible [^3]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 34: "Stele discovered at Susa in 1901, now in the Louvre [^2]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 8: "Reign: ~1792–1750 BCE @t[1792 BCE..1750 BCE]" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 9: "Title: King of Babylon; also styled "King of the Four Corners of the World" @..." - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Capital: Babylon" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Dynasty: First Dynasty of Babylon (Amorite)" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 12: "Father: Sin-Muballit (predecessor, abdicated due to failing health)" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Successor: Samsu-iluna (r. ~1750–1712 BCE) @t[~1750 BCE..~1712 BCE]" - what is the source?
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- [ ] `@q[missing]` Line 22: "Established Marduk as the supreme deity of Babylon" - what is the source?
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[^1]: Caesar, *Commentarii de Bello Gallico*
[^2]: Goldsworthy, A. *Caesar: Life of a Colossus* (Yale, 2006)
[^3]: Suetonius, *De Vita Caesarum: Divus Iulius* (~121 CE)
[^3]: Suetonius, *De Vita Caesarum: Divus Iulius* (~121 CE)
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[^1]: Plutarch, *Life of Pericles*
[^2]: Thucydides, *History of the Peloponnesian War* 2.35–46
[^3]: Plutarch, *Life of Pericles*; cf. Researchgate, "Pericles the Younger and the Citizenship Law" (2008)
[^4]: Mark, Joshua J. "Pericles." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Mar 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/pericles/
[^4]: Mark, Joshua J. "Pericles." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Mar 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/pericles/
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 15: "Descended from the aristocratic Alcmaeonidae family through his mother Agaris..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Music teacher: Damon of Oa (though Aristotle names Pythoclides); Damon was la..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Intellectual mentor: Anaxagoras, the philosopher, who shaped Pericles' ration..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 29: "Expanded Athenian democracy: Introduced pay for jury service, opening partici..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 34: "Led the Delian League, transforming it into an Athenian empire [^2]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 35: "Funded free theater access for all citizens, reinforcing cultural and civic p..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 41: "Companion: Aspasia of Miletus (~470–410 BCE), an intellectual and rhetorici..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 43: "Had two legitimate sons, Paralus and Xanthippus, by his first wife; both died..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 44: "Had a son, Pericles the Younger, by Aspasia; citizenship was granted to him b..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 48: "Pericles commanded Athenian forces in multiple engagements; neither side gain..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 53: "Just before the Peloponnesian War, Pericles and his associates faced a series..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 55: "Aspasia was charged with impiety (asebeia); Pericles reportedly wept in court..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 56: "Anaxagoras, Pericles' philosophical mentor, was also attacked by the assembly..." - when was this true?
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> Established scholarship remains current.
> Established scholarship remains current.
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[^4]: "Ramesses II — Original Sarcophagus Identified Within the Valley of Kings." *Ancient Origins* (2025). https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/ramesses-ii-original-sarcophagus-identified-within-valley-kings-0020845
[^5]: Steinmeyer, N. "The Sarcophagus of Ramesses the Great." *Biblical Archaeology Society* (May 2025). https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/the-sarcophagus-of-ramesses-the-great/
[^6]: Steinmeyer, N. "Revealing the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II." *Biblical Archaeology Society* (April 2025). https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/revealing-the-mortuary-temple-of-ramesses-ii/
[^7]: "Lost for 96 Years Beneath the Nile, the Missing Half of a Legendary Egyptian Statue Has Finally Been Found." *The Daily Galaxy* (February 2026). https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/ramesses-ii-legendary-statue-finally-found/
[^7]: "Lost for 96 Years Beneath the Nile, the Missing Half of a Legendary Egyptian Statue Has Finally Been Found." *The Daily Galaxy* (February 2026). https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/ramesses-ii-legendary-statue-finally-found/
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> Still accurate. Hallo & van Dijk (1968) remains a standard reference.
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