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I’ve heard that there are places without writing until relatively recently but have kept oral records well enough that history can be told accurately thousands of years back, eg Polynesia, Australia and the Pacific Northwest. Is this true and if so, how does it work and what can be gleaned from it?

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Was the Toltec Empire a real historical polity? If not, how did Aztec legends of them come to be?

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Are there any ways to read Inuit accounts of the Tuniit? Everything I've read seems to allude to oral history, but not provide sources or quotes.

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Classical Crete has multiple inscriptions in a local, non-Greek language called Eteocretan. What do we know about these enigmatic indigenous people?

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Minoans and Mycenaeans may have had a tradition of writing on paper. Do we have any archaeological remnants of this?

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I am currently reading The Teotihuacan Trinity. It mentions that Teotihuacan headed a state/empire. I have also read that Teotihuacano military action is known as far as Copán. How large and powerful was the Teotihuacan empire at its height?

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How much can indigenous American oral history tell us about the precolumbian history of the continent?

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What did Bronze Age societies like Akkad, Egypt etc write about the Minoans?

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Do the Hatti, Minoans, Pre-Greeks, etc. Come from a source population in Anatolia? What, if any, relation do they have to Çatalhöyük?

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I've heard claims that the Tarascans or Purépecha came northward from Ecuador or some other place on the west coast of South America. Is this true? What evidence do we have?

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I’ve heard that there are places without writing until relatively recently but have kept oral records well enough that history can be told accurately thousands of years back, eg Polynesia, Australia and the Pacific Northwest. Is this true and if so, how does it work and what can be gleaned from it?	7
Was the Toltec Empire a real historical polity? If not, how did Aztec legends of them come to be?	7
Are there any ways to read Inuit accounts of the Tuniit? Everything I've read seems to allude to oral history, but not provide sources or quotes.	7
Classical Crete has multiple inscriptions in a local, non-Greek language called Eteocretan. What do we know about these enigmatic indigenous people?	6
Minoans and Mycenaeans may have had a tradition of writing on paper. Do we have any archaeological remnants of this?	6
I am currently reading The Teotihuacan Trinity. It mentions that Teotihuacan headed a state/empire. I have also read that Teotihuacano military action is known as far as Copán. How large and powerful was the Teotihuacan empire at its height?	5
How much can indigenous American oral history tell us about the precolumbian history of the continent?	5
What did Bronze Age societies like Akkad, Egypt etc write about the Minoans?	5
Do the Hatti, Minoans, Pre-Greeks, etc. Come from a source population in Anatolia? What, if any, relation do they have to Çatalhöyük?	5
I've heard claims that the Tarascans or Purépecha came northward from Ecuador or some other place on the west coast of South America. Is this true? What evidence do we have?	4