[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Dakas ‡ [@Dakasr2](/creator/twitter/Dakasr2) on x 1103 followers Created: 2025-07-24 15:08:49 UTC 2/2 This leads to a deeper question. I believe that for many Lithuanians today, our ancient history - especially that of the old Lithuanian state, that vast former empire - feels foreign. It doesn’t seem to fit with our small, modern Lithuanian nation. How could a small people have created such a vast empire? And so, the old state feels like something alien. This question never gave me peace. While working on these topics, I kept encountering it. And I tried to investigate the matter. But using only written sources is impossible - they’re too incomplete. Thankfully, there are other scientific disciplines that offer insight: historical linguistics, archaeology, ethnology, anthropology. When you look through the lens of these fields, the picture becomes clearer: the people who created the Lithuanian state were indeed Lithuanians. And the Lithuanian people back then were nothing like the small nation we are today - they were numerous. There were many Lithuanians in the world ✨️🌿  XXX engagements  **Related Topics** [empire](/topic/empire) [Post Link](https://x.com/Dakasr2/status/1948399979657118097)
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Created: 2025-07-24 15:08:49 UTC
2/2 This leads to a deeper question. I believe that for many Lithuanians today, our ancient history - especially that of the old Lithuanian state, that vast former empire - feels foreign. It doesn’t seem to fit with our small, modern Lithuanian nation. How could a small people have created such a vast empire? And so, the old state feels like something alien.
This question never gave me peace. While working on these topics, I kept encountering it. And I tried to investigate the matter. But using only written sources is impossible - they’re too incomplete. Thankfully, there are other scientific disciplines that offer insight: historical linguistics, archaeology, ethnology, anthropology. When you look through the lens of these fields, the picture becomes clearer: the people who created the Lithuanian state were indeed Lithuanians. And the Lithuanian people back then were nothing like the small nation we are today - they were numerous. There were many Lithuanians in the world ✨️🌿
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