> later Chinese would speak of Xia the way Romans would speak of Troy Troy was indeed largely fabricated though! Really I think that's of a piece with stuff b

> later Chinese would speak of Xia the way Romans would speak of Troy Troy was indeed largely fabricated though! Really I think that's of a piece with stuff being, y'know, really old. There are big holes in Sumerian and Egyption history too (though the latter helped out a ton by digging secret tombs and hiding them really well). Post-classical Mayan history is pretty suspect in a lot of places, etc...