Why do we know much more about the cultural practices of rulers than about those of ordinary people?

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We know more about the cultural practices of rulers than about those of ordinary people because: 

  • Only rulers could afford minstrels and historians for records and documentation. They could preserve their records at their palaces. 
  • Ordinary people used to struggle to earn their livelihood. 
  • Ordinary people did not have resources or wealth to preserve their memories and cultural practices.
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