One of the key questions historical criticism attempts to answer is what does the history of the period tell us about the people

true?
or
false?

The answer is that it would be true

The details that best show evidence of tribal traditions are, "never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue” and "it has never been heard," was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.

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