Episode 5: Beneath the Obelisks (Ancient Egyptian Fiction)
Literature and History
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The Eloquent Peasant
The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt was ruled by a theocratic despotism. The papyrus in which Koonanoub makes his points is far ahead of its time, says Andrew Keen. A society governed by egalitarian jurisprudence would have been years away from being realized.
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