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They say that history is written by the victors. That said, are there texts from the loser's side that you wish we knew more about? Which historical civilizations do you wish we have a better grasp on, if only they had been on the “winning side”?
That is said, but if we look at history closer we see that, while the victors are the first to present their accounts, the other side?s version surfaces later on. We now have books about WW2 based on logs by Japanese and German soldiers. The Jews have presented their accounts of battles against the Romans that are, perhaps, more read than the Roman versions. Scholars constantly debate, research and rewrite texts from older periods. Nevertheless, it would be interesting and easy to obtain a version of The American War of Independence from a British perspective.
