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Understanding of hieroglyphs was lost because Egypt was invaded by Greeks, Romans, and Arabs over the course of a thousand years. How many Aboriginal tribes we
by jadamson 2y ago
Understanding of hieroglyphs was lost because Egypt was invaded by Greeks, Romans, and Arabs over the course of a thousand years.
How many Aboriginal tribes were also wiped out (by the British, or by each other) but left no written record to be recovered? Quite a lot, I'm betting.
- ab5tract 2y agoAnd yet.. there still remains evidence that Aboriginal oral tradition maintained accurate history for 10,000 years. Is it really your point that “literate” cultures have a long history of genocide and therefore “oral” traditions are 100% irredeemably inferior? Why is it so hard for you to admit that there may — possibly —- somehow —- be tradeoffs between the two? One thing can be better overall than an other thing even as that other thing has unique merits of its own. I am under the impression that one could not get far as a provable liar in a society rooted oral tradition. Compare and contrast that with the success rate of liars in every field of endeavor today.
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