The more we learn, the more we see that ancient civilizations that we have forgotten were vibrant and relatively “advanced.” “Germany” during Roman times is portrayed as a bunch of savage tribes scratching in the dirt for a living when they aren’t invading Roman territories. We see from this they were more of a society than we thought. I suspect this may allow historians to continue piecing together that there was a rudimentary, interconnected German society on Rome’s border.
Its drummed into our heads to respect other cultures yet some our worst arrogance, from a cultural perspective, is to not respect just how much our own ancestors had developed their own societies.
wow! according to this map, the city I used to call home is much older than the thought to be founding in 1346!
That’s true. We live in a world of lost knowledge.
Reading all this makes me ponder on the fate of the Ten Tribes. Where did they get to?
It’s best not to get too carried away with romanticizing primitive cultures.