enriching the whole spectrum of human culture. Unfortunately there is also a dark side. An agriculture-based economy introduced the new concept of land ownership, and once land could be owned, it could be coveted and fought over. This propelled civilization down the road to tribalistic social structure. Civilization advanced by treading upon the corpses of those who were “not us” and “not on our side.” This was especially true as conflict arose between the settled agriculture communities and the nomadic shepherding communities who had differing understandings of land (which is one way of
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