Answer to Question #203707 in History for Aina Abayomi

Question

How true is the saying that History only begins when men takes to writing?

Answer 1

The saying is not true because history does not only depend on writing. History can as well be transfered from one generation to the other through storage of artefacts that depict the lifestyles of the past generations without necessarily taking writings. I therefore submit that history can as well begin without necessarily having a writing