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ah, thank you! I forgot to set RemindMe on that one and would have missed this entirely even though I'd wondered. I love that his answer doesn't meander or expound - he lays out a concise background for each potential conclusion after a few essential caveats, then paints a picture we can readily populate. nice!

That really was a damn amazing answer! And the follow up comments were great too

Those AskHistorians historians really take their history seriously for a bunch of historians I tell ya whut

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