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Message:: [QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4278572, member: 110350"]The main difference I see is that although interpretations of known historical events in modern times (covering the last few hundred years) differ widely, for the most part there's no dispute as to whether or when or where the actual events took place.  (Not counting the crackpots who believe that no children really died at the Sandy Hook elementary school and the like.) Thus, we know that the Civil War took place and its exact dates, even though the subject of "why" has been endlessly debated (justifiably or otherwise) and undoubtedly will continue to be in the future. By contrast, for many events in antiquity, particularly events for which there may be only a single literary source that isn't even contemporaneous -- and particularly when there's no contemporaneous archaeological (including numismatic or epigraphic) evidence -- "whether" and "when" and "where" can be in serious dispute.  In addition to "why" and "how."[/QUOTE]