I think people often forget the times people lived through and the wars that had gone on for centuries. They forget who the enemies were, what had been done, and how those experiences shaped people over generations. It is not that different from what we see today. I restored an old house once and found newspapers from the 1930s hidden in the walls. What surprised me most was how familiar they felt. Different technology, different names, but many of the same fears, political divisions, propaganda, and uncertainty we still see today. History rarely repeats itself exactly, but it often echoes. Human nature, fear, identity, and conflict tend to reappear in different forms