Mayans are only 4k years old, and Egyptians 5k, if you can use 'only' in that co...

		vacri on Sept 17, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Aboriginal storytelling accurately records sea lev... Mayans are only 4k years old, and Egyptians 5k, if you can use 'only' in that context... The oldest writing system is about 5.5k years old (cunieform); I'm not sure if history can be considered well-documented without something like writing.