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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To cut to the chase: They look at different written accounts from the period and see how well the accounts match with each other. The more reputable the writers are and consistent the more so it’s historicity is likely to be true.

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