Of course the state of the historical record plays an important role in that, but still...
Also known as
"The time we know Jack shit about"
Vs.
"The time we know so intimately we can reconstruct troop movements"
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That's because I guess most historians would describe that period as pre history :p
Secondary source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory
Primary source was a taskmaster UK episode which I can't find at an instance and is the main reason I'm writing this smartass comment :p
I bet there were super fun wars in the stone age, too!
Grug say stick better. Thog say rock better. Zug make rock go on end of stick. Zug new chief now.
It's a shame they weren't documented better
Too bad gopro didn't exist yet
I think they didn't even have polaroid yet
I'd love to see old-timey street view
It's their own damn fault for not filming it, or at least writing it down!
TBF if we manage to successfully teach the lesson on the right it might eventually stop happening.
Lol
You think it's a lack of information that causes war?
No, but a lack of education, knowledge and also empathy. It's one of the great Achievements, but also tragedies of the 21st century that we're slowly starting to realize that information, education and knowledge are not the same.
Recency bias! Also back then a lot of stuff happened at a time. But then only one stiff happed for a bit. That's special.