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calijnaar t1_iw2xf7b wrote

Reply to comment by superslowboy in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator

To be honest, it was not a particular focus in school here in Germany. For obvious reasons the approach is more like in the 30s we let the nazis seize power and here is why we won't fucking let that happen again... you learn a bit about the Trümmerfrauen, literally 'rubble women' - a lot of the clean up work was done by women because a lot of the men were dead, injured or POWs. And you learn a bit about the flight from the formerly German Eastern territories, with stuff like the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. I'm not even sure if the latter is still considered that relevant in school curricula these days, that may well have been viewed as more topical when therewas still a GDR and a cold war going on. I'm curious how this is taught in other European countries. Pretty sure you have a different perspective if you didn't start the whole bloody war. Britain, for example, would have had a lot of clean up to do as well fro the Bitz ad other German bombing campaigns. (And there must be the same probes with WW2 bombs still being found on costruction sites) And given how long rationing had to continue after the war, Icould well imagine that the whe postwar reconstruction is still a topic of history classes.

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MagicCuboid t1_iw2q73z wrote

Reply to comment by artaccforbjarne in Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history by VoloNoscere

When you're dealing with ancient history Historians work with what they have. Short of anyone claiming the contrary this still means Rome as host to shared sporting/religious events has always been the prevailing narrative. The work archaeologists do is really astounding sometimes, but it requires the context provided by writers like Livy to derive meaning. I'm thankful we found these statues though, as confirming something that was until now merely a possibility is a great win

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josephwb t1_iw2plqc wrote

Reply to comment by LargeMonty in 600-year-old coin may be oldest found in Canada by IslandChillin

That was what I was thinking, too: that it arrived at some later point. Rather then providing an estimate for the date the coin was deposited, it provides only an upper bound. For example, if I go bury a 100 year old coin in my yard, it does not mean it has been there for 100 years, but it does provide a maximum possible estimate (i.e., it could not have been deposited before it was minted!).

What is needed is the dating or other items within the same stratum. Maybe they've done this (seems like a no-brainer with something so potentially important) but the article does not mention much.

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