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Which guideline helps historians place arguments in historical context?

Historians should assume that people have always thought the same way throughout time.
Historians shouldn’t project modern ideas onto the societies that they are studying.
Historians should use older versions of technology to find the sources they need.
Historians shouldn’t trace how ideas have changed in different eras.

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Historians shouldn’t project modern ideas onto the societies that they are studying.

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The guideline that helps historians place arguments in historical context is the one that says that historians shouldn't project modern ideas onto the societies that they are studying.
Those people used to think and do things differently back then, so modern ideas don't count.
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