Cyrus is conquers the Middle East and is so Nice the Hebrews name him as a Messiah // Cambyses is so mean the Egyptians revolt against him // Darius builds cities and roads // The Persians create the first Imperial Army - where all are invited // and the Greeks ruin the Persian Imperial Party

the chariot revolution makes rich people and societies more important than poor ones || the bronze age collapse is the first Apocalypse Armageddon // the Assyrians rise and conquer the world with violence, precision, professionalism, and terror - lots of terrorism // the world destroys the Assyrians

Mesopotamia and the Rise of the Urban Elite // Babylon and the Invention of the Cosmopolitan City // Hammurabi and the Law // Women as Children, Wife and Mother - No longer Worker-Citizen // Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Hating Cities and Trying to Live Forever

People move about looking for food

Women have rights and roles

Communism is a way of life - everyone contributes, everyone shares, no one owns anything

Elders run the Courts

Reputation is everything

War is Traumatic, Destructive and Constant

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