Natufian villages predate agriculture by 5000 years. Humans were building stone structures to gather for worship and festivals at least 15,000 years ago. That required separate villages to cooperate for a common goal. There had to be a strong and knowledgeable leader to convince these villages to work together. Woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers were still roaming the earth.
The only evidence of trade is human nature. We're always looking for a way to make life easier, so our first stone temples were also a place for commerce, or do I have it backwards? Either way people came from all over to feast and trade at a church. There was no controlling centralized government forcing people to do what we've always done. Systemic collapse may be the cure we need.
The only evidence of trade is human nature. We're always looking for a way to make life easier, so our first stone temples were also a place for commerce, or do I have it backwards? Either way people came from all over to feast and trade at a church. There was no controlling centralized government forcing people to do what we've always done. Systemic collapse may be the cure we need.