How do historical experts know that what happened during certain time periods actually happened?

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How can hundreds and even thousands of years of history, which includes entire civilizations, discoveries and characters, so confidently be explained? Not all of it could have happened the way it’s being taught to modern society, right?

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The short answer, is yes; right. Honestly you could the same thing about modern times too. Ultimately they do the best everything available to work with to put it all together as documented or claimed. I can’t be certain of what your reason for asking is, but I’ll never feel bad for recommending Descartes’ Discourse on the Method. It delves a fair bit into the questioning of these things, but more aptly, truth in general.

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