They wanted to take note/write down what was important for in their age of time, so others could understand what went on. They did not have cellphones or computers back then, so they could not do what we do today.
The last plan for Israeli- Palestinian peace negotiations is called Abbas' peace plan and was devised by the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in August 2014.
Most people during the middle ages lived in rural areas and their main profession was farming. Sometimes they rented lands from landlord for farming. Small number of people lived in towns.
