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The consensus from a brief search of previous questions on r/AskHistorians seems to be that ChatGPT is an unreliable source for specific historical questions. But is it a good source If I'm looking for literature or resources on a subject?

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how do we know any of our ancient history is actually true?

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it seems a persistent historical trend was Germany's geopolitical struggle to keep Russia and France from allying to avoid fighting on two fronts. Did France also have similar struggles trying to keep Germany and Spain from allying for the same reason?

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If I wanted to read about earliest humans just before the dawn of civilization where would I begin and what would be good literature on the subject?

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What caused the early to mid 20th centuries zeitgeist to seemingly encourage so much cruelty and suffering on a mass scale?

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The consensus from a brief search of previous questions on r/AskHistorians seems to be that ChatGPT is an unreliable source for specific historical questions. But is it a good source If I'm looking for literature or resources on a subject?	198
how do we know any of our ancient history is actually true?	76
it seems a persistent historical trend was Germany's geopolitical struggle to keep Russia and France from allying to avoid fighting on two fronts. Did France also have similar struggles trying to keep Germany and Spain from allying for the same reason?	4
If I wanted to read about earliest humans just before the dawn of civilization where would I begin and what would be good literature on the subject?	2
What caused the early to mid 20th centuries zeitgeist to seemingly encourage so much cruelty and suffering on a mass scale?	0