I think there is a subtlety there. Historians would not necessarily hold ancient people to modern standards. That said, they do not have to ignore their impac

I think there is a subtlety there. Historians would not necessarily hold ancient people to modern standards. That said, they do not have to ignore their impact on others and can take aim at not holding some practices in good terms. Consider, do we look neutrally on infanticide? Now, granted, this does seem to largely be a "western" thing? We are more than willing to criticize our roots and ancestors. It does seem that this is getting silly where our willingness to discuss "bad" things in our history has blinded a lot of people into thinking that other cultures do not have similar items they needed to grow from. As an easy example, it is baffling to me how slavery and minority oppression is largely viewed as a US thing. Edit: Consider, we would accurately call the practices described as genocidal. You can say that neutrally, sure, but I don't think any modern person should aspire for a genocidal society?