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[deleted] t1_j43gs6e wrote

Reply to comment by MaleficentDistrict22 in What was the State of Arabic Language Literature in the Ottoman Empire? by McGillis_is_a_Char

Writing has nothing to do with cultural literacy. The Adyghe/Circassian Nart sagas are as old, if not older, than the Greek mythological origin stories of the Caucasus region they share. They were not recorded in a written Kabardian language system (non Indo-European) until the 19th century.

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MaleficentDistrict22 t1_j43hzgk wrote

Turks also had sagas and myths. But neither those or the Caucasian ones you mentioned were comparable to the ancient Persian or Greek cultures.

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[deleted] t1_j4av211 wrote

Thanks for proving you know nothing of the Caucasus or ancient literature.

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