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No, it's not. It's written by historians and they're very interested in losers and ordinary people and what they eat and what they like, etc.
by kiba 11y ago
No, it's not. It's written by historians and they're very interested in losers and ordinary people and what they eat and what they like, etc.
- marcosdumay 11y agoThat's the wonderful XXI century. Things didn't use to be that way. And even now the winners are the ones deciding what documentation to keep or destroy, what the media and the public are allowed to know, and what historians get funding. Yet, the winners never had so little control. And after enough time, your comment gets correct.
- cema 11y agoThings didn't use to be that way. But they did. The most successful series of books of all times (the Bible) was written by a people who were beaten, broadly persecuted, and generally not considered victors in any practical matter.
- nitrogen 11y agoThe preservation of those books and decisions regarding doctrine took place in part at the direction of emperors establishing new state religions, so again, what remains is what was preserved by the victors.