When​ ​two​ ​cultures​ ​clash,​ ​the​ ​loser​ ​is​ ​obliterated, and​ ​the​ ​winner​ ​writes​ ​the​ ​history​ ​books-books​ ​which glorify​ ​their​ ​own​ ​cause​ ​and​ ​disparage​ ​the​ ​conquered foe.​ ​As​ ​Napoleon​ ​once​ ​said,​ ​’What​ ​is​ ​history,​ ​but​ ​a fable​ ​agreed​ ​upon?”​ ​-​ ​Dan​ ​Brown.