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Eh? Greek democracies (ala polis) date from ~500BC. These are the ones we know about.
Arguments about all society's good originating with Christianity remind me of Chekov. "Everything was invented in Russia!"
Common sense says the earliest hominid tribes needed some form of behavior standard to maintain their cohesion and the advantages of a community. Soon after the first thunderstorm sent tribespeople running for caves, Chief Oomba appointed the mumbling guy with funny hair as community shaman, explainer of all weird things. Consider the stability and advantages this provides a primitive society and its power structure. We've grown in wisdom and variety but the mystical remains a valued explanation to those overwhelmed by complexity.
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