In the 1550s the Popol Vuh, an elaborate account of the history and mythology of the Quiché people in Mexico, was recorded in Spanish. 2 In the older civilizations, as in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China, historical records appear immediately after the appearance of writing, for conquering kings wished to record their triumphs for all posterity. ... The third of the great Greek historians, Xenophon, was more devoted to the purely storytelling aspects of history. 5 The influence of Thucydides was early in the ascendant, and the two important Greek historians of the Roman period, P...

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