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[2026-02-22T22:32:46+00:00] 0648e6 | Pericles
status: UPDATED | Pericles | changes: Fixed duplicate # Pericles heading; added Greek name etymology; expanded Key Facts with family (father Xanthippus, mother Agariste/Alcmaeonidae); added Early Life & Education section (Damon, Anaxagoras, choregos for Aeschylus 472 BCE); added Rise to Power section (Ephialtes reforms 462461 BCE, Cimon prosecution/ostracism, Age of Pericles 461429 BCE); added citizenship law of 451 BCE; added free theater access; added Personal Life section (Aspasia, Pericles the Younger); added trial/re-election note in Peloponnesian War; added [^3] citation for Pericles the Younger citizenship
duration: 64s
[2026-02-22T22:33:56+00:00] 06d51f | Ashoka
status: UPDATED | Ashoka | changes: Fixed duplicate # Ashoka heading; added Family & Early Career section (father Bindusara, grandfather Chandragupta, wife Devi, children Mahinda and Sanghamitra, early career at Taxila and Ujjain, Arthashastra governance); added Empire Extent section (Iran/Afghanistan to Bangladesh, provincial capitals); expanded Edicts section (33 total, Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription detail, Sanchi stupa); added name meaning and Devanampiya Piyadassi epithet to Overview; added World History Encyclopedia as [^3] reference; committed and pushed
duration: 64s
[2026-02-22T22:35:02+00:00] 25cc1e | Hammurabi
status: UPDATED | Hammurabi | changes: Fixed duplicate # heading; corrected stele material from "basalt" to "diorite" (per Louvre and scholarly sources); added father Sin-Muballit; expanded Achievements with specific conquered city-states (Larsa, Eshnunna, Mari) and Assyrian tribute; enriched Code of Hammurabi section with Akkadian cuneiform language, prologue/epilogue structure (~4,130 lines), and Shamash relief description; added World History Encyclopedia as [^3] source
duration: 59s
[2026-02-22T22:36:04+00:00] 4fb0a1 | Augustus
status: UPDATED | Augustus | changes: fixed duplicate # heading, corrected malformed @t[=14] to @t[=0014], removed answered review queue section, added wife/children facts, added Succession section with Julio-Claudian dynasty info, added religious and social reform details (pontifex maximus, Lex Julia, Ara Pacis, Ludi Saeculares), added two new scholarly footnotes from World History Encyclopedia
duration: 56s
[2026-02-22T22:37:12+00:00] 009548 | Ramesses II
status: UPDATED | Ramesses II | changes: Fixed duplicate H1 heading; added birth year (~1303 BCE), regnal name (Usermaatre Setepenre), Greek name (Ozymandias), principal wife (Nefertari), tomb (KV7), Ramesseum mortuary temple, Levant/Nubia campaign details, mummy health findings, "Great Ancestor" epithet, and recent Sorbonne sarcophagus identification; added footnotes [^3] (Wikipedia) and [^4] (Ancient Origins 2025)
duration: 62s
[2026-02-22T22:38:15+00:00] 05754a | Battle of Cannae
status: UPDATED | Battle of Cannae | changes: Fixed duplicate H1 title; added Carthaginian losses (~6,000, mostly Gauls); named cavalry sub-commanders (Hasdrubal/heavy, Maharbal/Numidian); added survivor/captured figures and Canusium escape; added Aftermath section with Maharbal's famous quote and Rome's emergency response; added Zama connection (Scipio used Cannae tactics); added Archaeology section; updated troop estimate range to reflect modern scholarship (70,00086,000 Romans); added footnote for World History Encyclopedia and Seven Swords sources
duration: 56s
[2026-02-22T22:39:06+00:00] 06dbd9 | Greek Philosophy
status: UPDATED | Greek Philosophy | changes: Fixed duplicate title; added Pythagoras, Pyrrho of Elis, Diogenes of Sinope, and Plotinus to Major Figures; added Pythagoreanism, Cynicism, and Neoplatonism to Major Schools; added legacy note on Neoplatonism's influence on Christian theology and the Renaissance; added footnote [^3] citing Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
duration: 45s
[2026-02-22T22:40:41+00:00] 072273 | Greek Religion
status: UPDATED | Greek Religion | changes: Fixed duplicate title; corrected Apollo's domain from "Sun" to "Light, music, prophecy, healing" (Helios was the sun god); expanded Overview with no-creed/no-priestly-class note; enriched Religious Practices with libations and votive offerings; added five new sections: Sanctuary Structure (temenos/naos), Hero Cults, Household Religion, Polis Religion (Sourvinou-Inwood/Kindt framework), expanded Delphi oracle with De Boer & Hale 2001 geological ethylene theory, expanded Eleusinian Mysteries with kykeon/ergot scholarship; added three new footnotes (Eidinow & Kindt 2015, De Boer et al. 2001, Arkeonews 2024)
duration: 88s
[2026-02-22T22:41:40+00:00] 07edd5 | Treaty of Kadesh
status: UPDATED | Treaty of Kadesh | changes: Fixed duplicate H1 title; added "Physical Record" section covering original silver tablets (now lost), Hugo Winckler's 1906 discovery at Hattusa, and current location of Hittite tablets at the Ancient Orient Museum in Istanbul; added divine witnesses/curses clause to Terms; noted the informal nature of the treaty name (Kadesh not mentioned in text); added scholarly date variant (1258 BCE); noted post-treaty peace period enabling Ramesses II's building projects; added [^3] Wikipedia citation for new facts
duration: 52s
[2026-02-22T23:49:33+00:00] 0648e6 | Pericles
status: UPDATED | Pericles | changes: Applied 18 pre-answered review questions (no-op, already answered); enriched document with: First Peloponnesian War section (460446 BCE), Congress Decree (449 BCE), Aspasia's dates and divorce of first wife (~445 BCE), Phidias as artistic director of Parthenon, Siege of Samos (440 BCE), Kresilas portrait bust (~425 BCE), Legacy section on Thucydides' assessment, Pericles' entry into politics (~470 BCE), and new footnote [^4] citing World History Encyclopedia
duration: 75s
[2026-02-22T23:50:58+00:00] 06d51f | Ashoka
status: UPDATED | Ashoka | changes: Added second queen Karuvaki and son Tivala (only child named in Ashoka's own inscriptions, per Queen's Edict); added Lumbini pilgrimage (~249 BCE) with tax-exemption detail; noted edicts are earliest written and datable texts from India; added post-Ashoka succession note (empire fragmented, Brihadratha assassinated 185 BCE by Pushyamitra Shunga); added [^4] Wikipedia citation covering these new facts
duration: 79s
[2026-02-22T23:52:03+00:00] 25cc1e | Hammurabi
status: UPDATED | Hammurabi | bash-only pass
duration: 57s
[2026-02-22T23:53:56+00:00] 4fb0a1 | Augustus
status: UPDATED | Augustus | changes: Corrected birth name to "Gaius Octavius Thurinus"; added Battle of Philippi (42 BCE), Lepidus ousted (36 BCE), triple triumph (29 BCE), Imperium Maius (19 BCE), Pater Patriae (2 BCE), Temple of Mars Ultor (2 BCE), Tiberius adoption date (4 CE), Vigiles creation (6 CE), Princeps title note, Marcus Agrippa role, Virgil/Aeneid patronage; added Res Gestae Divi Augusti section; added deification note to Succession; added new Archaeology section on Somma Vesuviana villa discovery (2024); added footnotes [^5] (World History Encyclopedia/Mark) and [^6] (Smithsonian Magazine 2024); filed Vikunja bug #78 for MCP transport closing mid-session
duration: 107s
[2026-02-22T23:55:22+00:00] 11bfdd | Roman Roads
status: UPDATED | Roman Roads | changes: Fixed duplicate H1 heading; clarified Via Appia was initially Rome→Capua (312 BCE) then extended to Brindisi (late 3rd c. BCE); expanded Via Egnatia entry with builder (Gnaeus Egnatius), completion date (~120 BCE), and distance (~1,120 km) with date range tag; expanded Via Augusta with date tag (~82 BCE), origin road (Via Herculea), and route details; added date context for Roman Britain roads (~43410 CE); added Milliarium Aureum erection date (20 BCE) with temporal tag; added network scale stats (29 highways, 113 provinces, 372 roads); added 4 new footnotes (Wikipedia Roman roads, LacusCurtius Via Appia, Wikipedia Via Augusta, LacusCurtius Milliarium Aureum); stripped answered review questions from document body
duration: 78s
[2026-02-22T23:56:47+00:00] 133a48 | Ancient China
status: UPDATED | Ancient China | changes: Fixed duplicate # title, corrected @t[1600 BCE..220] → @t[~1600 BCE..220 CE] and @t[206 BCE..220] → @t[206 BCE..220 CE], added silk production earliest evidence (~2700 BCE, [^4]), added iron casting footnote citing Wagner (1993) [^5], added Hundred Schools of Thought temporal tag, added Key Figures section (Confucius, Laozi, Qin Shi Huang with dates), added Chronological Notes section on XiaShangZhou Chronology Project with [^3], added footnotes [^3][^5]
duration: 78s
[2026-02-22T23:58:44+00:00] 177c6a | Assyrian Empire
status: UPDATED | Assyrian Empire | changes: removed duplicate title; added Adad-nirari II and Esarhaddon to Notable Rulers; enriched Achievements with deportation policy and provincial administration; added @t[=605 BCE] for Carchemish; expanded geographic scope; added 2 new footnotes; added Roman numerals definition to definitions file; filed feature request #87 for recurring Roman numeral ambiguous flags
duration: 110s
[2026-02-23T00:00:01+00:00] 229f8a | Mycenaean Civilization
status: UPDATED | Mycenaean Civilization | changes: Fixed duplicate H1 title; removed stale review queue section (apply_review_answers returned 0 applied despite 20 answered questions — bug filed as Vikunja #88); corrected Region temporal tag from @t[~1450 BCE] to @t[1600 BCE..1100 BCE]; expanded Major sites list; added palace economy detail to Society; enriched Achievements with Cyclopean wall dimensions, shaft graves/Grave Circle A, Megaron as temple precursor; added new Religion and Culture section; added [^3] citation (Cartwright/World History Encyclopedia 2019) for all new facts
duration: 69s
[2026-02-23T00:02:41+00:00] 2ac383 | Ancient Egypt
status: UPDATED | Ancient Egypt | changes: fixed duplicate heading; added First Intermediate Period, Second Intermediate Period, Third Intermediate Period, Late Period to Major Periods with temporal tags; added Narmer Palette to Achievements; added Shaw (2000) as [^2] source; filed Vikunja bug #89 for MCP transport closed error
duration: 154s
[2026-02-23T00:05:04+00:00] 2eca19 | Battle of Gaugamela
status: UPDATED | Battle of Gaugamela | changes: Fixed duplicate title heading; enriched with Encyclopaedia Iranica (Badian) scholarship adding astronomical date confirmation, location clarification, Mazaeus detail, lunar eclipse omen, Persian sarissae, unreliable ancient troop numbers note, Persepolis capture date, and new [^3] reference; filed bug for apply_review_answers silent failure
duration: 137s
[2026-02-23T00:06:42+00:00] 31de03 | Code of Hammurabi
status: UPDATED | Code of Hammurabi | changes: Fixed duplicate title, removed stale review queue section (apply_review_answers was a no-op — filed bug #91), corrected issuer description to "sixth king", added Shamash relief detail, added Discovery and Transmission section (Elamite plunder ~1158 BCE, scribal copies for 1000+ years), added Louvre as [^3] source, added Wikipedia as [^4], noted stele material discrepancy (basalt per Louvre vs diorite in some sources), added weight and parallel with Torah law
duration: 91s
[2026-02-23T00:08:28+00:00] 445d5a | Amber Road
status: UPDATED | Amber Road | changes: fixed duplicate title, replaced malformed @t[=000 BCE] with @t[~3000 BCE..~400 CE], removed stale review queue section (apply_review_answers no-op bug filed as task #92), added Dnieper river corridor, Tutankhamun breast ornament with @t[~1330 BCE], Qatna amber find, Delphi offering, Roman return goods (glass/brass/gold/tin/copper), military fortifications, Nordic Bronze Age connection, Partynice amber hoard (~1,2401,760 kg), Sicilian amber origins section, new [^3] citation; committed and pushed
duration: 98s
[2026-02-23T00:09:59+00:00] 450ee0 | Battle of Actium
status: UPDATED | Battle of Actium | changes: Fixed duplicate title heading; expanded Key Facts with Agrippa's full name (Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa); added Background section covering Second Triumvirate context, Octavian's propaganda strategy, and Cleopatra's 20,000-talent contribution; enriched The Battle section with Agrippa's preliminary seizure of Methone and Leucas, ship type contrast (Liburnians vs. quinqueremes), and the harpax grappling weapon; updated Aftermath with specific death dates (Antony 1 Aug 30 BCE, Cleopatra 30 Aug 30 BCE), Caesarion's execution, and fate of Cleopatra's children; added [^3] Cassius Dio footnote (previously cited in review answers but absent from document)
duration: 83s
[2026-02-23T00:11:26+00:00] 459036 | Early Christianity
status: UPDATED | Early Christianity | changes: removed duplicate heading; fixed malformed @t[4 BCE..30] to @t[~4 BCE..~30 CE]; added temporal tags to 8 previously untagged facts (origin, NT writing, Paul's journeys, persecutions, christological debates, canon formation, monasticism); enriched with Council of Chalcedon (451 CE), Chalcedonian Schism, and Donatist controversy; added [^3] citation (World History Encyclopedia); removed resolved review queue section; filed bug #93 for apply_review_answers returning no-op on 27 answered questions
duration: 79s
[2026-02-23T00:12:28+00:00] 49cfd2 | Battle of Thermopylae
status: UPDATED | Battle of Thermopylae | changes: Removed duplicate title heading; cleared answered review queue (already applied); enriched with: detailed Greek force composition (all contingents with numbers), "Molon Labe" quote, Anopaia path name, Persian Immortals detail, hoplite vs. archer tactical context, Leonidas' death and post-battle fate, archaeological findings at Kolonos Hill, Battle of Plataea outcome, later battles at Thermopylae (279 BCE, 191 BCE, 1941 CE); added two new footnotes (World History Encyclopedia, The Archaeologist 2025)
duration: 54s
[2026-02-23T00:13:40+00:00] 517513 | Hellenism
status: UPDATED | Hellenism | changes: fixed duplicate heading, corrected @t[=323 BCE] to @t[323 BCE..30 BCE] in overview, cleared answered review queue section, added End marker fact noting 31 BCE Battle of Actium vs 30 BCE Cleopatra death, expanded Library of Alexandria entry with population figure, added new Economy and Urban Development section (coinage standardization, Hippodamian grid cities, trade networks), added Erskine 2003 as [^3] source
duration: 64s
[2026-02-23T00:14:53+00:00] 543601 | Bronze Working
status: UPDATED | Bronze Working | changes: fixed duplicate title heading; removed resolved review queue (24 answered questions); added BCE temporal tags throughout; enriched with arsenical bronze history, lost-wax casting earliest date (~4500 BCE), Bronze Age Collapse tin trade context, Egypt Middle Kingdom metallurgy (2025 scholarship); added 4 new footnotes
duration: 66s
[2026-02-23T00:15:59+00:00] 5a1717 | Code of Ur-Nammu
status: UPDATED | Code of Ur-Nammu | changes: Removed duplicate H1 heading; fixed BCE temporal tags to use ~ prefix (~2100 BCE..~2050 BCE); added Physical Record section (tablet locations: Istanbul, Baghdad, British Museum, Schoyen Collection; ~57 total reconstructed laws); added Social Structure section (lu/free vs slave strata); expanded Content with capital offenses, casuistic law form, prologue deities (Nanna/Utu), weights standardization; added Significance note on earlier Urukagina code and influence on Laws of Eshnunna and Lipit-Ishtar; added Related Documents links; added two new footnotes (Kramer 1956, Wikipedia/Frayne, Mark 2021)
duration: 59s
[2026-02-23T00:17:08+00:00] 5dccc5 | Mesopotamian Religion
status: UPDATED | Mesopotamian Religion | changes: Fixed duplicate title heading; corrected temporal tags (~4000 BCE..~500 CE range); expanded Major Deities with Nanna/Sin, Nergal, and Tiamat; enriched Key Concepts with city-patron system, temple economy, personal piety, hierarchical pantheon, and Atrahasis Epic; added [^3] footnote (World History Encyclopedia); committed and pushed
duration: 62s
[2026-02-23T00:18:30+00:00] 5f1362 | Julius Caesar
status: UPDATED | Julius Caesar | changes: fixed duplicate title heading; removed answered review queue section; added Early Career section (aedile 65 BCE, pontifex maximus 63 BCE, praetor 62 BCE, governor of Hispania 6160 BCE); added temporal tags to all Legacy items; enriched with Battle of Thapsus, Battle of Munda, Carthage refounding, Caesarion, deification 42 BCE, Octavian→Augustus 27 BCE; added Suetonius as third footnote
duration: 74s
[2026-02-23T00:20:04+00:00] 61a12b | Babylon
status: UPDATED | Babylon | changes: Fixed duplicate heading; removed review queue block (apply_review_answers bug worked around); added BCE temporal tags throughout; enriched with Akkadian etymology, peak population (~200k), site area (~900ha), Walls of Babylon as 7th Wonder, Sennacherib 689 BCE destruction, Neo-Babylonian empire dates, Nebuchadnezzar II reign, Dalley Nineveh theory, Saddam Hussein reconstruction, 2024 Iraqi excavation (478 artifacts); added footnotes [^3][^4]; filed Vikunja bug #87 for apply_review_answers silent failure
duration: 87s
[2026-02-23T00:21:39+00:00] 68261c | Egyptian Hieroglyphics
status: UPDATED | Egyptian Hieroglyphics | changes: Applied 22 review answers; fixed duplicate title, malformed period-of-use tag (@t[3200 BCE..400] → @t[~3200 BCE..~400 CE]), incorrect @t[?] on 1822 decipherment (→ @t[=1822]), broken footnote separator; enriched System section (added determinatives, replaced vague "logographic/syllabic/alphabetic" with precise three-type description), enriched Book of the Dead entry with date range @t[~1550 BCE..~50 BCE], added Coptic as final script stage, added 2 new footnotes; filed bug #88 for apply_review_answers not clearing answered stale questions; committed and pushed
duration: 87s
[2026-02-23T00:23:41+00:00] 68ae1b | Qin Shi Huang
status: UPDATED | Qin Shi Huang | changes: Applied 25 review answers; fixed duplicate title heading and concatenated footnote separator left by apply_review_answers; added temporal tags to standardization/Great Wall/road network/Legalist governance/forced labor items (all @t[221 BCE..210 BCE]); added [^1] citations to previously uncited facts; enriched with: birth location (Handan), more precise birth/death dates (February 259 BCE, 12 July 210 BCE), King of Qin reign 247221 BCE, alternate name Zhao Zheng, chief minister Li Si, military campaigns into Yue lands and Ordos Plateau, expanded Terracotta Army detail (chariots/horses counts, unexcavated tomb); filed bug #89 for apply_review_answers leaving answered question in review queue section
duration: 115s
[2026-02-23T00:25:07+00:00] 6beab6 | Twelve Tables
status: UPDATED | Twelve Tables | changes: Applied 26 answered review questions; fixed duplicate title; repaired broken footnote/separator; corrected date range to 451449 BCE (formal promulgation); added Latin name (Lex Duodecim Tabularum); enriched with delegation to Athens/Solon, all-patrician first decemviri, 10+2 tablet creation process, 449 BCE plebeian uprising, Livy fons omnis quote, Cicero on student memorization, 3rd-century BCE supersession, specific penalties; added World History Encyclopedia footnote [^3]
duration: 79s
[2026-02-23T00:26:31+00:00] 6d7974 | Sumer
status: UPDATED | Sumer | changes: Applied 32 review answers; fixed duplicate # Sumer heading; fixed footnote formatting (missing newline before ---); cleared 2 residual stale questions left by apply_review_answers (bug filed as Vikunja #98); added @t[~2100 BCE] tag to Epic of Gilgamesh; enriched with new Environmental Foundations section citing Giosan & Goodman 2025 PLOS ONE study on tidal origins of Sumerian agriculture and urbanization; committed and pushed
duration: 78s
[2026-02-23T00:27:31+00:00] 70f24f | Roman Religion
status: UPDATED | Roman Religion | bash-only pass
duration: 52s
[2026-02-23T00:28:33+00:00] 7207df | Treaty of Apamea
status: UPDATED | Treaty of Apamea | changes: Applied 20 review answers; fixed apply_review_answers corruption (answer text injected into body, spurious @t[~1984] tag, duplicate title); enriched Terms section with indemnity payment schedule (500 immediately, 2500 on Senate ratification, 1000/year for 12 years), specific territorial redistribution to Pergamon and Rhodes, Antiochus IV hostage clause, perpetual Taurus prohibition; added philia/amity clause to Significance; added footnotes [^3] (Wikipedia/Antiochus IV) and [^4] (Ma 2015, Cambridge); filed bug #92 for apply_review_answers corruption
duration: 54s
[2026-02-23T00:31:12+00:00] 75b7d0 | Troy
status: UPDATED | Troy | changes: Applied 24 review answers; fixed duplicate heading; fixed malformed @t[=000 BCE] tag → @t[~3000 BCE..~400 CE]; fixed mangled footnote separator; added proper temporal tags for all layers and UNESCO designation; added Hittite name variants (Wiluša/Taruiša); added Frank Calvert (1863) as first excavator; added Rüstem Aslan to excavator list; added new section on 2025 excavations (sling stones, destruction layer, Legacy for the Future Project) with [^3] citation; added stratigraphy/archaeological layer/destruction layer terms to definitions file; filed bug #101 for apply_review_answers inlining ambiguous answers into bullet text
duration: 151s
[2026-02-23T00:32:38+00:00] 785e2c | Persian Empire (Achaemenid)
status: UPDATED | Persian Empire (Achaemenid) | changes: Fixed duplicate # heading; added territorial extent (~5.5 million km²) and ~20 satrapies count to Key Facts; added Cambyses II and Artaxerxes I to Notable Rulers; expanded Achievements with Cyrus Cylinder scholarly caveat (modern debate on "human rights" framing), relay rider detail on Royal Road, Persepolis construction date, and standardized coinage (daric/siglos); added Decline note on Seleucid continuity; added Taagepera (1979) as footnote [^3] for territorial extent; all existing review answers preserved
duration: 79s
[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 (8th9th c. CE), updated population figures (~50,000 Parsis per 2011 census, ~100,000120,000 worldwide); added two new footnotes (Encyclopaedia Iranica, Wikipedia population list)
duration: 98s
[2026-02-23T00:36:40+00:00] 801168 | Cyrus the Great
status: UPDATED | Cyrus the Great | changes: Applied 23 answered review questions; fixed duplicate title; added Old Persian name (Kūruš); added parentage (father Cambyses I, mother Mandane daughter of Astyages); added successor Cambyses II; noted Astyages was Cyrus's maternal grandfather; added Edict of Cyrus (~538 BCE) with Ezra citation; enriched Cyrus Cylinder entry (Akkadian cuneiform, found 1879 in Ésagila temple, "first charter of human rights"); added Tomyris as Massagetae queen; added Syr Darya as battle location; added Pasargadae UNESCO World Heritage status; added geographic extent (Egypt to Indus Valley); added Herodotus as new footnote [^3]
duration: 77s
[2026-02-23T02:09:01+00:00] 0648e6 | Pericles
status: UPDATED | Pericles | changes: Added Thirty Years' Peace (446/445 BCE) named and with terms; added Propylaea and Odeon of Pericles to building program; added new "Personal Attacks" section covering Phidias trial, Aspasia trial, and Anaxagoras persecution; added Megarian Decree to Peloponnesian War section; added Paralus and Xanthippus (legitimate sons) to Personal Life; added Thurii colonization (444 BCE) to Achievements; added Thucydides son of Melesias conservative challenge (444/442 BCE) to Rise to Power
duration: 99s
[2026-02-23T02:10:48+00:00] 06d51f | Ashoka
status: UPDATED | Ashoka | changes: Corrected Kalinga War date from ~262 BCE to ~261 BCE (scholarly consensus); added Kalinga's modern geographic location (Odisha/Andhra Pradesh); added son Kunala (blinded, excluded from succession) and immediate successor Dasharatha Maurya to Family and Legacy sections; added second Kandahar inscription (Greek-only, discovered 1963) to Edicts section; added Olivelle 2024 as footnote [^5]; expanded [^4] with Kunala and Dasharatha Wikipedia citations
duration: 99s
[2026-02-23T02:12:02+00:00] 25cc1e | Hammurabi
status: UPDATED | Hammurabi | changes: enriched with successor (Samsu-iluna), Elamite alliance/Larsa conquest detail, Mut-Ashkur tribute, "first to govern all Mesopotamia without revolt", 200+ surviving royal letters, presumption of innocence in Code, Mosaic Law influence, "King of the Four Corners of the World" title, new Wikipedia footnote
duration: 66s
[2026-02-23T02:13:50+00:00] 4fb0a1 | Augustus
status: UPDATED | Augustus | changes: added tribunicia potestas to Achievements; added Battle of Teutoburg Forest (9 CE) with Suetonius citation; updated Archaeology section with July 2025 five-furnace discovery at Somma Vesuviana villa (40,000 sq ft, lead archaeologist quote, caveat on missing direct evidence); added footnote [^7] for Archaeology Magazine 2025
duration: 100s
[2026-02-23T02:15:40+00:00] 817dc2 | Alexander the Great
status: UPDATED | Alexander the Great | changes: removed duplicate H1 heading; fixed @t[~1991] corruption to @t[323 BCE..]; added death date precision (10-11 June 323 BCE per Babylonian diary); added Death section with cause-of-death debate; added mother Olympias, titles, Thebes 335 BCE campaign; added footnotes [^3][^4]; filed feature request for detecting footnote-year temporal tag corruption
duration: 103s
[2026-02-23T02:17:11+00:00] 85231f | Minoan Civilization
status: UPDATED | Minoan Civilization | changes: Removed duplicate title and review Q&A artifacts; added Palace Periods section with four-phase chronology and temporal tags; expanded Achievements with trade partners and Akrotiri colony; added Religion section; expanded Writing Systems into dedicated section covering Cretan hieroglyphs, Linear A, and Linear B with Ventris decipherment; enriched Decline section with Thera-to-collapse temporal gap; added two new scholarly citations
duration: 83s
[2026-02-23T02:18:43+00:00] 86e2bb | Maurya Empire
status: UPDATED | Maurya Empire | changes: Fixed duplicate title heading; enriched Chandragupta entry with Seleucid-Mauryan War (305-303 BCE) details and territory exchange; enriched Ashoka entry with Kalinga War date (~261 BCE) and edict count (33); added Administration section covering Megasthenes' Indica and centralized bureaucracy; added footnotes [^3] and [^4] for Arthashastra translation and Megasthenes sources
duration: 84s
[2026-02-23T02:20:09+00:00] 8dbea7 | Battle of Marathon
status: UPDATED | Battle of Marathon | changes: Added Context section (Darius I, Ionian Revolt, Persian fleet route); expanded commanders to include Callimachus (polemarch, killed in battle) and Arimnestos (Plataea); added Persian cavalry absence note; added Aftermath section (Persian fleet's move on Athens, Spartan late arrival, soros burial, Artemis sacrifice, Phidias monuments); added Scholarly Notes section (Olson 2004 date debate, precise Pheidippides tradition); added two new footnotes (Cartwright/WHE 2013, Olson 2004)
duration: 78s
[2026-02-23T02:21:48+00:00] 91256b | Carthage
status: UPDATED | Carthage | changes: fixed duplicate title heading; added Punic name Qart Hadasht to overview; added Religion section (Baal Hammon, Tanit, tophet controversy); added Military section (combined arms, mercenaries, Barcid dynasty with temporal tags); added Economy and Trade section (Iberian mines, Hanno the Navigator); added footnotes [^3] Hoyos (2010) and [^4] Periplus of Hanno
duration: 92s
[2026-02-23T02:23:51+00:00] 9c16b6 | Definitions: Ancient History Terms
status: UPDATED | Definitions: Ancient History Terms | changes: Fixed duplicate title; added 20+ new terms across existing and new sections (Military Terms, Dating Conventions); new entries include Agora, Forum, Acropolis, Consul, Senate, Patrician, Plebeian, Pharaoh, Hoplite, Phalanx, Legion, Trireme, Syncretism, Amphora, Papyrus, Chalcolithic, Late Bronze Age Collapse, Late Antiquity, Floruit, TPQ, TAQ, Regnal year, In situ, Midden, Radiocarbon dating
duration: 115s
[2026-02-23T02:24:59+00:00] 9f0b6a | Ancient Egyptian Religion
status: UPDATED | Ancient Egyptian Religion | changes: Fixed duplicate H1 heading; corrected temporal tag from @t[3100 BCE..400] to @t[~3100 BCE..~400 CE]; added dates to sacred texts (Pyramid Texts ~24002300 BCE, Coffin Texts ~21001650 BCE, Book of the Dead ~1550 BCE); added Ptah and Set to major deities; added Heka concept; added new Theological Systems section (Ennead, Ogdoad, Memphite Theology); added major cult centers section (Heliopolis, Memphis, Thebes, Abydos); added 3 new scholarly footnotes (Hornung 1982, Faulkner 1969/Allen 2005, Allen 1988)
duration: 61s
[2026-02-23T02:27:46+00:00] a025e0 | Athens
status: UPDATED | Athens | changes: Fixed duplicate # Athens heading; added Early History section (Neolithic ~3000 BCE, Mycenaean ~16001100 BCE, Dorian period, Solon's reforms ~594 BCE); added construction dates for Erechtheion (421406 BCE), Temple of Hephaestus (449415 BCE), Theatre of Dionysus (~534 BCE / ~330 BCE); added Delian League founding date (478 BCE); added Hellenistic (322 BCE Lamian War) and Roman (86 BCE Sulla) period entries; added two new footnotes [^3] Immerwahr (1971) and [^4] Meiggs (1972); used fs_write as workaround for update_document MCP transport closed errors (already tracked)
duration: 161s
[2026-02-23T02:29:13+00:00] a069ce | Alexandria
status: UPDATED | Alexandria | changes: removed duplicate title heading; added temporal tags for all Intellectual Legacy scholars (Euclid ~300 BCE, Eratosthenes ~276195 BCE, Aristarchus ~310230 BCE, Ptolemy ~100170 CE, Septuagint ~285246 BCE); added Decline and Later History section (48 BCE Caesar fire, 30 BCE Roman conquest, 391 CE Serapeum, 641 CE Arab conquest, gradual Library decline note); added Recent Archaeology section on Abu Qir Bay underwater excavations; added footnotes [^4] El-Abbadi (UNESCO 1990) and [^5] Goddio (2008); removed answered review question checklist from document body
duration: 79s
[2026-02-23T02:30:27+00:00] a94620 | Phoenician Alphabet
status: UPDATED | Phoenician Alphabet | changes: Fixed duplicate title heading; removed answered review questions block; added citations to all previously uncited key facts; added Oldest Known Evidence section (Ahiram Sarcophagus, Byblos, 1923); added Letter Names and Acrophonic Principle section with Unicode examples; added Punic script descendant with temporal range; added Iron Age language usage note; added Unicode block reference; added 3 new footnotes
duration: 66s
[2026-02-23T02:31:57+00:00] a9b8b0 | Pompeii
status: UPDATED | Pompeii | changes: Fixed duplicate # Pompeii heading; removed stale answered review questions from document body; added History section covering Oscan founding (~7th-8th c. BCE), Samnite period, and Roman colony establishment (80 BCE as Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeianorum); added Eruption Date Controversy section documenting the October 79 CE debate (2018 charcoal inscription, victim clothing, seasonal food evidence); added Recent Discoveries section covering Grande Progetto Pompei, Regio V finds, slave room (2021), prison bakery (2023), post-eruption reoccupation evidence (2025); added Pliny the Younger as primary source footnote for eruption date; expanded footnotes to 8 citations
duration: 83s
[2026-02-23T02:33:24+00:00] aca285 | Incense Route
status: UPDATED | Incense Route | changes: Fixed duplicate title heading; added temporal tags throughout (@t ranges for overall period, peak activity, Nabataean control, Minaean period, Aelius Gallus expedition corrected to 2624 BCE range, Roman annexation 106 CE, decline period); added new Roman Period section covering Trajan's annexation and post-annexation trade peak; expanded Decline section with Hippalus/monsoon wind discovery; added Primary Sources section (Strabo, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea); added UNESCO World Heritage recognition (2005) with Negev towns Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat, Shivta; added Minaeans as earlier trade controllers; added three new footnotes [^3][^4][^5]
duration: 79s
[2026-02-23T02:34:36+00:00] af7739 | Ancient Greece
status: UPDATED | Ancient Greece | changes: removed duplicate title heading; added Greek Dark Ages period; added Government & Society section (polis, Spartan system, slavery); added Military section (hoplites, phalanx, Persian Wars, Peloponnesian War with dates); added Economy section (agriculture, maritime trade, Laurion silver mines); expanded Achievements with mathematics/science; added population estimates; added 4 new scholarly footnotes (Hansen 2006, Hanson 2000, Herodotus Histories, Finley 1973)
duration: 65s
[2026-02-23T02:36:22+00:00] bcd937 | Rome (City)
status: UPDATED | Rome (City) | changes: removed duplicate title heading and answered review annotations; named all seven hills; added Iron Age settlement ~1000 BCE with temporal tag and source; added temporal tags to Colosseum (~0080) and Pantheon (~0125); added Servian Wall and Aurelian Walls (271275 CE) to monuments; fixed malformed @t[=410]→@t[=0410] and @t[=476]→@t[=0476]; added @t[=0455] for Vandals sacking; added empire temporal range @t[27 BCE..0476]; added new footnote [^3] for Iron Age settlement source
duration: 99s
[2026-02-23T02:38:19+00:00] c00c4a | Roman Republic and Empire
status: UPDATED | Roman Republic and Empire | changes: Removed duplicate title heading; fixed @t[=476] to @t[=0476] in two places; expanded overview temporal tag to cover full ~753 BCE476 span; added territory (~5,000,000 km² under Trajan) and population (~5575 million) to Key Facts; added new Government and Constitution section covering Polybius's mixed constitution, consuls/Senate/assemblies, Conflict of the Orders, and Diocletian's Dominate; added three new footnotes (Harper 2017, Polybius Histories, Cornell 1995); removed processed answered-question block
duration: 110s
[2026-02-23T02:40:24+00:00] c153d0 | Hittite Empire
status: UPDATED | Hittite Empire | changes: Fixed duplicate # title heading; expanded Overview with peak size (~200,000 sq km); added Government section (Labarna/Panku structure); added Religion section (storm gods, Hattic/Hurrian influences, Yazılıkaya sanctuary); added Mursili II to Notable Rulers; enriched Suppiluliuma I entry with Mitanni conquest; expanded Decline with 2023 Cornell dendrochronology drought finding (Manning et al., Nature 614); added Neo-Hittite States section (Carchemish, Melid, Sam'al); added footnotes [^3][^6] for new sources
duration: 117s
[2026-02-23T02:42:42+00:00] c1f224 | Babylonia
status: UPDATED | Babylonia | changes: removed duplicate title heading; added Kassite/Middle Babylonian period (~15951155 BCE) to overview and key facts; added Marduk as chief deity; added Nabopolassar to notable rulers; added Etemenanki ziggurat, Esagila temple, and Babylonian Captivity to achievements; added Hittite sack explanation to decline; added footnotes [^3] Van De Mieroop (2015) and [^4] Herodotus Histories 1.178183
duration: 131s
[2026-02-23T02:44:01+00:00] c22a18 | Silk Road
status: UPDATED | Silk Road | changes: Fixed duplicate title heading; corrected temporal tags (@t[~130 BCE..~1450 CE], @t[206 BCE..220 CE]); enriched with Parthian Empire intermediary role, Sogdian merchant dominance (~300750 CE), Maritime Silk Road section, Zhang Qian mission dates (138 BCE first, 119 BCE second), Pax Romana/Pax Sinica peak trade period; added 4 new footnotes (Wikipedia Silk Road, The Collector, ResearchGate Sogdians, Wikipedia Maritime Silk Road)
duration: 71s
[2026-02-23T02:45:37+00:00] c491ef | Iron Smelting
status: UPDATED | Iron Smelting | changes: Removed duplicate title heading; added citation refs to all Key Facts and Impact bullet points; enriched Development section with: (1) specificity on earliest meteoritic iron artifacts (4th millennium BCE Egypt), (2) Sub-Saharan Africa independent iron smelting (Nok culture, ~8001000 BCE, Termit evidence, debated) with @t tag and Alpern 2005 citation, (3) South India wootz steel (~500300 BCE, exported by 4th century BCE) with @t tag and Srinivasan & Ranganathan 2004 citation; added footnotes [^3] and [^4]
duration: 85s
[2026-02-23T02:46:52+00:00] d23a9f | Peace of Nicias
status: UPDATED | Peace of Nicias | changes: removed duplicate title heading and answered review Q&A block; added negotiators (Nicias/Pleistoanax) with citation; expanded Terms with specific provisions (Amphipolis, prisoner count/details, temple access, Delphic autonomy); expanded Failure section with Quadruple Alliance details, Battle of Mantinea, and Sparta's failure to deliver Amphipolis; added temporal tags for 425 BCE, 420 BCE, 418 BCE; added footnote [^3] citing Thucydides 5.17 and Plutarch Life of Nicias 9
duration: 67s
[2026-02-23T02:47:35+00:00] d882f6 | Ur
status: UPDATED | Ur | bash-only pass
duration: 37s
[2026-02-23T02:49:08+00:00] dcee65 | Roman Aqueducts
status: UPDATED | Roman Aqueducts | changes: removed duplicate title heading; removed answered review questions; added temporal tags to key facts; added Aqua Alexandrina (226 CE) and Aqua Claudia (52 CE) entries; updated Segovia date with contested scholarship (Alföldy/2016 coin find); added empire-wide aqueduct count; added two new source footnotes
duration: 85s
[2026-02-23T02:51:10+00:00] e55b29 | Sargon of Akkad
status: UPDATED | Sargon of Akkad | changes: removed duplicate title heading; fixed approximate temporal tags to use ~ prefix (@t[~2334 BCE..~2279 BCE]); added throne name Sharru-kin with meaning; added Administration section (governors in 65+ cities, standardized weights, first postal system, Akkadian language promotion); added Successors section (Rimush, Manishtusu, Naram-Sin with dates); added Primary Sources section (Legend of Sargon, copper head at Nineveh); expanded Legacy with Kriwaczek citation; added footnotes [^3]-[^5] citing World History Encyclopedia, ancientcivs.blog, and Britannica
duration: 115s
[2026-02-23T02:53:10+00:00] eb53be | Roman Concrete
status: UPDATED | Roman Concrete | changes: Fixed duplicate title and footnote typo; added temporal tags throughout; added Manufacturing Process section (hot-mixing, self-healing lime clasts, Masic 2023); added Marine Concrete section (Al-tobermorite/phillipsite, Jackson 2017); added construction dates for Caesarea Maritima, Baths of Caracalla, Baths of Diocletian; added volcanic ash source detail; added three new footnotes; removed answered review question blocks
duration: 113s
[2026-02-23T02:54:59+00:00] ee0ff0 | Akkadian Empire
status: UPDATED | Akkadian Empire | changes: Fixed duplicate title heading; removed answered review questions; enriched capital description with scholarly location consensus; added Naram-Sin's "King of the Four Quarters" title; added Akkad-gur metric system; added imperial bureaucracy detail; strengthened Decline section with Carolin et al. 2019 PNAS stalagmite evidence and post-collapse "Repeller of the Amorites" wall; added Recent Discoveries section on 2025 Girsu Project cuneiform tablets find; added footnotes [^3] and [^4]
duration: 101s
[2026-02-23T02:56:29+00:00] f36cdb | Cuneiform
status: UPDATED | Cuneiform | changes: Fixed duplicate heading; removed answered review questions; enriched languages list (added Eblaite, Hurrian, Luwian); added Ugaritic/Old Persian influence note; added Grotefend to decipherment with temporal tag; expanded Development section with proto-cuneiform detail and Akkadian dominance; added missing temporal tags throughout; added World History Encyclopedia footnote [^3]
duration: 82s
[2026-02-23T02:59:18+00:00] f6391a | Battle of Kadesh
status: UPDATED | Battle of Kadesh | changes: Fixed duplicate title heading; added army sizes and four named divisions (Amun/Ra/Ptah/Seth); added commander reign dates; added Primary Sources section distinguishing Bulletin vs Poem of Pentaur; expanded propaganda reliefs to include Luxor and Abydos; added missing Beckman [^3] footnote
duration: 161s
[2026-02-23T03:00:57+00:00] f760d3 | Phoenicia
status: UPDATED | Phoenicia | changes: removed duplicate title heading, fixed approximate temporal tag prefix, added Origins section (Bronze Age Canaanite succession), added Religion section (Baal/Astarte/Melqart/El), added Trade Network section, expanded Achievements with cedar exports/glass production/bireme/murex detail, added government structure to Key Facts, added 3 new scholarly footnotes, removed answered review questions block
duration: 91s
[2026-02-23T03:03:13+00:00] fc7830 | Battle of Adrianople
status: UPDATED | Battle of Adrianople | changes: removed duplicate title heading; clarified Gothic coalition belligerents (Thervingi, Greuthungi, Alans); added Background section (Hunnic pressure, 376 CE Danube crossing, Lupicinus/Maximus exploitation, Marcianople and Ad Salices battles); enriched battle narrative (Greuthungi stalling tactic, Roman exhaustion, Valens' body never found); enriched significance (Theodosius I named, Goths lacked siege weapons, Alaric 410 CE sack added with temporal tag); added footnotes for Wasson/World History Encyclopedia (2014) and Heather (2006)
duration: 128s
[2026-02-23T03:06:02+00:00] 009548 | Ramesses II
status: UPDATED | Ramesses II | changes: Corrected sarcophagus location (Abydos monastery, not KV7); added burial structure detail (three nested coffins); added Recent Discoveries section with 2025 Ramesseum excavation findings and 2024/2026 Hermopolis Magna statue reunification; added three new footnotes
duration: 161s