Is history a judging ground for the future?

People make historical claims on land, property, culture, and other things everywhere on the internet. This raises the question of whether it is realistic and suitable to base claims on historical “facts.”?

?First, knowing who wrote the “historical facts” down is essential. Nearly all facts are written by people who were ordered to do so. They were among the few educated individuals who worked for an organization of faith. The luxury of writing and reading was mainly a job of religious personalities. In the past, every religion was intertwined with people in power. History had to be written to glorify the person in power.

?History taught us that the power was centralized in one person only. It was a King, Emperor, Lord, or someone with another title, depending on how far back you go in time. Nearly all that was written came to the writer by oral communication. Very seldom was the writer the person who did fact check or experienced the event. Any event had to be written down from a point of view and moved in a pre-selected direction. The following person who copied the texts corrected and changed every story. That is why we can say to a hundred percent level that there is no religious book with original text from the first writer. Before the book printing, all text was copied by hand.

?The former is a fact on text transfers. Administrative “facts” were even more vulnerable to change. Numbers of weapons, armor, soldiers, and civilians in a city or village were all made by guessing and not counting. Borders from territories were marked by stone or wooden poles randomly. Nobody knew their exact lands were seized, had sharp borders, or could even claim full ownership. Countries had rules and no administrative bodies to register and measure. Fact-checking of data was a no-go.

?Cartographers had a rough idea of the earth and hardly any three-dimensional drawing knowledge. All took place on a two-D level. To draw a map needed much imagination. Most drawers never did visit the places they had to draw, just like the writers.

?Currently, we are overloaded with “facts” from the past. All these “facts” are based on stories transmitted and changed over time. Not a single story can be entirely accurate. The first records of detailed administration are thousands of years old. All these details lasted a maximum of tens of years until the next ruler changed it all.

?Conclusion- there are no solid historical facts to make fundamental decisions on, such as land borders, geological proximities of past civilizations, and land ownership. The facts we can use to establish some truth are archeologic, cultural, DNA, and geological research. These facts can give us a direction but no complex data. Judges might base their decisions on the current time and law.?