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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8493287" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I wasn't attacking that point. I was just responding to the point about how we view the negatives of the Roman empire. </p><p></p><p>My point about the Aztecs was about a lack of interest. There are just some cultures I am more interested in than others. And because of that, I can't really weigh in on the 'why' of Aztec history being not as thoroughly understood (I have some ideas but it isn't a subject I am familiar with enough that I would be comfortable making assertions about it). </p><p></p><p>But I wasn't disputing that we know more about some historical cultures than others. We know a lot less about Carthage for example than Rome. There are lots of reasons that go into the why of primary sources being preserved. Who conquered who is often a huge factor but so is climate, the medium of the sources, the literacy level of the people themselves (their determination to preserve their primary sources), the culture of the people who conquered them and their interest in preserving the sources, how well the culture in question captures the imagination of people who come after them, dumb luck, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8493287, member: 85555"] I wasn't attacking that point. I was just responding to the point about how we view the negatives of the Roman empire. My point about the Aztecs was about a lack of interest. There are just some cultures I am more interested in than others. And because of that, I can't really weigh in on the 'why' of Aztec history being not as thoroughly understood (I have some ideas but it isn't a subject I am familiar with enough that I would be comfortable making assertions about it). But I wasn't disputing that we know more about some historical cultures than others. We know a lot less about Carthage for example than Rome. There are lots of reasons that go into the why of primary sources being preserved. Who conquered who is often a huge factor but so is climate, the medium of the sources, the literacy level of the people themselves (their determination to preserve their primary sources), the culture of the people who conquered them and their interest in preserving the sources, how well the culture in question captures the imagination of people who come after them, dumb luck, etc. [/QUOTE]
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