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Tell the reader only those parts of the history that affect this story. The parts that the characters think about or talk about during the course of the story. The parts that the characters have opinions and attitudes about during the course of the story. The parts that affect and constrain and compel the characters' decisions and actions.

Leave the other stuff out of this story. Maybe include it as an appendix. Or offer it as a separate document, a bonus for your readers who want to know about the background of the story.

If something in the history is interesting enough, make it its own story.

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