Questions tagged [accuracy]
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When did Abu Dulaf Khazraji ascend Mount Damavand?
There are two reported dates for the ascention of Mount Damavand by Abu Dulaf Khazraji.
In this site (which Wikipedia is using as a source) and some others it's stated that:
The earliest recorded ...
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How historically accurate is 'India: A History' by John Keay?
I have been looking for a book about Indian history. Recently I came across this answer, which suggested reading India: A History by John Keay. I wanted to know whether it is historical and accurate. ...
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How accurate and balanced is Paul Johnson's 'A History of the Jews'?
'A History of the Jews', by Paul Johnson, takes an authoritative tone and is dense with citations. But its scope is enormous and it sometimes draws very strong conclusions. Given the state of the art ...
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Should I trust a church history book that's more than 50 years old?
I found a history book (A History of the Christian Church, Revised Edition by Williston Walker) at my local used book store. It was copyrighted in 1959. Have there been any developments in research ...
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Is the position of women as portrayed in the Mad Men series historically accurate?
I found similar questions about a game (closed as off topic), a play (7 upvotes) and a movie (9 upvotes) so I am unsure if this is an acceptable question for this SE.
In the Mad Men series, which ...
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Did Josephus question the date of the destruction of the First or Second Temple?
In Flavius Josephus's War of the Jews, in Book 6, Chapter 4, he described the day that the Second Temple burned. He then consoles himself by saying that all good things must come to an end, but then ...
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How historically accurate is Age of Empires III? [closed]
Probably not the best place to post this question, but after all, I am interested in history and while cleaning up some stuff I came across the Age of Empires III game which I had bought a while ago.
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Is there any research explicitly contradicting facts in Suvorov's "Icebreaker" book series claiming that Stalin intended to attack Hitler in 1941?
Viktor Suvorov is a somewhat famous ex-GRU spy who defected and wrote a series of books.
The most (in)famous and sensational were a series of books on World War II, starting with "Icebreaker", which ...
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