(In the context of ancient civilizations such as Aztecs Khmers etc...)
How does the size of a civilization affect the state of peace that that civilization experiences?
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There is no direct connection. It only depends on how warlike the society is. There was a city of about two million people in the Indus Valley about 12,000 years ago with no war, no preparation at all for defense. The people tended gardens, made clay pots, and played flutes. One day they all got up and went away, and the world has had continuous war ever since.
” The World Book Encyclopedia described it this way: “The Aztec had one of the most advanced civilizations in the Americas. They built cities as large as any in Europe at that time.” The Aztecs proved to be brilliant engineers and craftsmen. .
Sad to say, the plight of the Aztecs—past and present—is just another sad example of ‘man dominating man to his injury.’ (Ecclesiastes 8:9) It will take more than stirring words and political rhetoric to change the lot of the world’s poor and underprivileged people. A number of Nahuatl-speaking people have eagerly embraced the Bible’s hope of an incoming world government, or “kingdom.”—Daniel 2:44.
The same systems of government are in existence, with the same records of failure. The work ethic is fading, morals are collapsing, old values are giving way to “me-first” philosophies
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