The Evolution of Europe, Middle East and North Africa

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In europe er, 203 hundred years ago, all the universities and religions were led by men. And so we saw so even though in egypt, women once moved freely similary,. There was their queen, xenobia, who led 80 thousand troops against the roman her armies. In morocco, the and tunisia, they had female leaders of the berba and and female goddessesall those areas. As a result of cultural evolution, certainly became much more patrilennial and much more patrin patriarchal.

Around the world and for most of history, human societies have been dominated by men. Why? Professor and author of the forthcoming “The Great Gender Divergence”, Dr. Alice Evans, joins Adam to explain how male governance springs from systems of inheritance, why matrilineal systems tend to convert to patrilineal ones, and why we’re seeing progress on gender equality around the world. You can follow Alice's work on Twitter at @_alice_evans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.