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It’s believed that roughly 97% of history has been lost over time.
I can’t really think of a more appropriate fact to end this article on really. Mainly because the chances are, you’ll only remember 3% of these history facts when you tell your friends later.
History’s documentation is so subjective, not to mention all the lost historical accounts of the world. So it’s no surprise that what we know of our history is just a snapshot of the whole thing.
Written accounts of history only started roughly 6,000 years ago. And modern humans first appeared around 200,000 years ago.
This 194,000-year gap is, in itself, huge.
However, considering all the historical writings lost over the years when written history did exist, it makes the mind wonder…
I can’t really think of a more appropriate fact to end this article on really. Mainly because the chances are, you’ll only remember 3% of these history facts when you tell your friends later.
History’s documentation is so subjective, not to mention all the lost historical accounts of the world. So it’s no surprise that what we know of our history is just a snapshot of the whole thing.
Written accounts of history only started roughly 6,000 years ago. And modern humans first appeared around 200,000 years ago.
This 194,000-year gap is, in itself, huge.
However, considering all the historical writings lost over the years when written history did exist, it makes the mind wonder…
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