Historians have incessantly warned us not to disregard the lessons of history lest we repeat failures that could have been avoided. Nevertheless, humanity has habitually and often flagrantly ignored past mistakes regardless of how costly or disastrous. History, however, teaches us the valuable lesson that not everyone disregards the past. Evil never sleeps.
In ancient times, when a people or nation was
conquered, the new rulers obliterated the history of the vanquished.
Prior to the availability of printed books, history was passed from one
generation to the next orally, on handwritten scrolls, or carved in
stone on monuments and shrines. The conquering armies routinely
destroyed statues, sanctuaries, tombs, and any physical trace of the
previous civilization.
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