diff --git a/.automate/.improve-state.tsv b/.automate/.improve-state.tsv index 064e6e7..c4676f5 100644 --- a/.automate/.improve-state.tsv +++ b/.automate/.improve-state.tsv @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ 75b7d0 1771806672 785e2c 1771806758 78a490 1771806810 +78e9e7 1771806915 diff --git a/.automate/continuous-improve.log b/.automate/continuous-improve.log index 634895c..49c2b3b 100644 --- a/.automate/continuous-improve.log +++ b/.automate/continuous-improve.log @@ -6146,3 +6146,13 @@ To https://gitea.home.everyonce.com/daniel/factbase-ancient-history.git [?25h status: UPDATED | Zoroastrianism | changes: Applied 24 answered review questions; fixed duplicate H1 heading and spurious @t[~2001] tag (bug filed as Vikunja #94); enriched with Encyclopaedia Iranica scholarship — added Aməša Spəntas, Magi priesthood, Saošyant savior figure, Frašō-kərəti eschatology, Parthian/Sasanian period details with dates, Avesta canonization under Khosrow I, Parsi migration timing (8th–9th c. CE), updated population figures (~50,000 Parsis per 2011 census, ~100,000–120,000 worldwide); added two new footnotes (Encyclopaedia Iranica, Wikipedia population list) +[main 82b10d7] improve: Zoroastrianism + 5 files changed, 179 insertions(+) + delete mode 100644 .factbase/factbase.db-shm + delete mode 100644 .factbase/factbase.db-wal +[2026-02-23 00:35:15] ✅ Committed: improve: Zoroastrianism +[2026-02-23 00:35:15] Done (98s) — UPDATED +[2026-02-23 00:35:20] [32/66] Next up... +[2026-02-23 00:35:20] ━━━ [Cyrus the Great] (801168) reviews=0 garbage=0 ━━━ +[2026-02-23 00:35:20] 🧹 Bash cleanup applied +[2026-02-23 00:35:20] 🔍 Enrichment + review pass diff --git a/.automate/improve-history.log b/.automate/improve-history.log index 7bfcfe3..6918d4c 100644 --- a/.automate/improve-history.log +++ b/.automate/improve-history.log @@ -115,3 +115,6 @@ [2026-02-23T00:33:30+00:00] 78a490 | status: UPDATED | | changes: Populated empty README.md (78a490) with full knowledge base overview including scope, conventions, folder structure table, and sources; committed and pushed duration: 44s +[2026-02-23T00:35:15+00:00] 78e9e7 | Zoroastrianism + status: UPDATED | Zoroastrianism | changes: Applied 24 answered review questions; fixed duplicate H1 heading and spurious @t[~2001] tag (bug filed as Vikunja #94); enriched with Encyclopaedia Iranica scholarship — added Aməša Spəntas, Magi priesthood, Saošyant savior figure, Frašō-kərəti eschatology, Parthian/Sasanian period details with dates, Avesta canonization under Khosrow I, Parsi migration timing (8th–9th c. 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Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase. -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Died: ~530 BCE (in battle against the Massagetae)" - when was this true? -> 530 BCE event. Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase. -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Reign: ~559–530 BCE" - when was this true? -> 530 BCE event. Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase. -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Title: King of Kings, King of Anshan, King of Persia, King of Babylon" - when was this true? -> Historical event. Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 16: "Defeated the Medes under Astyages (~550 BCE)" - when was this true? -> 550 BCE event. Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase. -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Conquered Lydia and captured Croesus (~547 BCE)" - when was this true? -> 547 BCE event. Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase. -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Conquered Babylon (539 BCE) — reportedly entered without a battle [^1]" - when was this true? -> 539 BCE event. Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase. -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity, allowing return to Jerusalem" - when was this true? -> Historical event. Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 22: "Cyrus Cylinder: Clay cylinder declaring his policies of tolerance and restora..." - when was this true? -> Historical event. Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Respected by Greeks (Xenophon's *Cyropaedia*), Jews (called "messiah" in Isai..." - when was this true? -> Historical event. Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "Tomb at Pasargadae still stands" - when was this true? -> Historical event. Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 25: "Founded the largest empire the world had yet seen" - when was this true? -> Historical event. Attested by Kuhrt (2007) [^1]; British Museum [^2]. -- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Born: ~600 BCE, Anshan (modern Iran)" - what is the source? -> Kuhrt (2007) [^1] -- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Died: ~530 BCE (in battle against the Massagetae)" - what is the source? -> Kuhrt (2007) [^1] -- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 12: "Reign: ~559–530 BCE" - what is the source? -> Kuhrt (2007) [^1] -- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Title: King of Kings, King of Anshan, King of Persia, King of Babylon" - what is the source? -> British Museum Cyrus Cylinder [^2] -- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 16: "Defeated the Medes under Astyages (~550 BCE)" - what is the source? -> Kuhrt (2007) [^1] -- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 17: "Conquered Lydia and captured Croesus (~547 BCE)" - what is the source? -> Kuhrt (2007) [^1] -- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 19: "Freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity, allowing return to Jerusalem" - what is the source? -> British Museum Cyrus Cylinder [^2] -- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 23: "Respected by Greeks (Xenophon's *Cyropaedia*), Jews (called "messiah" in Isai..." - what is the source? -> Kuhrt (2007) [^1] -- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 24: "Tomb at Pasargadae still stands" - what is the source? -> Kuhrt (2007) [^1] -- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 25: "Founded the largest empire the world had yet seen" - what is the source? -> Kuhrt (2007) [^1] -- [x] `@q[stale]` Line 18: "Conquered Babylon (539 BCE) — reportedly entered without a battle [^1]" - Kuhrt source from 2007 may be outdated, is this still accurate? -> Established scholarship remains current. \ No newline at end of file +[^3]: Herodotus, *Histories*, Book I (c. 440 BCE) +[^4]: Ezra 1:2–4 (Hebrew Bible); cf. Kuhrt (2007) [^1] \ No newline at end of file