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The document analyzes archives in antiquity. It explains that the first archives were created with writing and were used to organize and control the population and wealth of empires. The Greek, Roman, and Egyptian empires stored legal documents, censuses, and military and private records in places such as clay tablets, papyrus, and parchment. Each empire had its own controlled storage places like the Tabularium in Rome and the Metroon in Athens.

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