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@Mitsu13 You say that, but we hardly have any names written down from before 400 BC. Mesopotamian civilization thrived for 3.6k years before that date. Egypt, as well, existed for about 3.1k years prior. Hell, look up the Wikipedia list for Pharaohs, there are hundreds of them and we only know less than 30 by more than just their name.
History is fickle. When you map out human history from the foundation of the first cities (9,000 BC) to today, the Great Pyramids of Giza would be in the later half of world history. And Cleopatra was born closer to today than she was to the building of the Pyramids. And she ruled the last of 31 dynasties of Egypt, of which we only have a vague understanding of about 10. You can literally write your entire cultural history in stone, and it'll be forgotten by the sands of time.
"The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
History is fickle. When you map out human history from the foundation of the first cities (9,000 BC) to today, the Great Pyramids of Giza would be in the later half of world history. And Cleopatra was born closer to today than she was to the building of the Pyramids. And she ruled the last of 31 dynasties of Egypt, of which we only have a vague understanding of about 10. You can literally write your entire cultural history in stone, and it'll be forgotten by the sands of time.
"The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
