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If Most People Were Illiterate, How Did Those Boots Work?
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If Most People Were Illiterate, How Did Those Boots Work?

If most people in antiquity could not read, how did written laws, taxes, and bureaucracy function? Three grounded what-if scenarios, and which fits the evidence.

by Hannah•February 19, 2026
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