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Originally Posted by Frownland
Also, much of what has entered the public consciousness about ancient history is more directly related to ancient historical fiction that corroborates original sources rather than the origins themselves.
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Yes. I tried to make that point frequently when I taught history. It’s largely mythology. A simple exercise for advanced junior high schoolers was read this account and this account and Venn diagram the two accounts. I also had them do that with my lectures vs the textbook. And I also had a full class set of American history textbooks from the early seventies.