2 Our Prehistory as Egalitarian Nomadic Foragers with Antiauthoritarian Leadership: What These Nomads Can Teach Us Today
Introduction
Most of what we know about human leadership from the beginning of human history dates to the first civilizations that appear 4000–5000 years Before Common Era (BCE) in the Fertile Crescent in Mesopotamia, often referred to as the cradle of civilization. These first civilizations were hierarchical and often had despotic leaders that oppressed or enslaved their people. The emergence of these civilizations was preceded by two major events: (1) The end of the ice ages 11,700 years ago that put an end to severe climate oscillations and brought the beginning of a period ...
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