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CaveatRumptor t1_iyrv1wf wrote

Myths, ethnographies, travelogues, writers like Herodotos, stories handed down, royal and imperial archives.

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acrazypsychnurse t1_iys7yy1 wrote

Usually not much in an archive or library ... anything written was expensive so a lot wasn't written.

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CaveatRumptor t1_iys86ql wrote

Not as much as is saved now, but those resources were more substantial than you might think.

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