Fun fact: The discovery of these birch bark writings, and numerous caches like them, in the 1950s led to a radical re-examination of the literacy rates of Medieval Novgorod, since the birch bark writing provides evidence of lower/middle class writing on extremely mundane matters and in a vernacular tongue.
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PugJesus@piefed.social · 16 pts · 333d
Fun fact: The discovery of these birch bark writings, and numerous caches like them, in the 1950s led to a radical re-examination of the literacy rates of Medieval Novgorod, since the birch bark writing provides evidence of lower/middle class writing on extremely mundane matters and in a vernacular tongue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_bark_manuscript#East_Slavic_manuscripts
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 333d
That fact is fun!
ramchak@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 333d
This must be AI. Look at all the extra fingers
negativenull@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 333d
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