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Ancient Mesopotamian societies resisted centralized authority,
According to the study, this was a conscious choice by the local community to end the centralized system of power.
New research has helped shed light on the origins of the world's earliest government institutions. Excavations carried out at the ancient site of Shahi Kora in northern Iraq showed that the inhabitants of the settlement accepted centralized systems of government, but ultimately abandoned them.
However, abandoning institutions without evidence of violence or environmental stress suggests a move away from top-down central control, writes Interesting Engineering.
A study published in the journal Antiquity found that these early government institutions likely arose from their role in providing large-scale meals…
