The Power Dilemma in Assyria

The size of the society involved has something to do with how acceptable versus unacceptable these things are. A larger society is going to be stronger socially, but you're going to have a lot more interactions between people who live very, very different lives. In ancient Southwest Asia, we really don't see any concerns with- there's no legislation that is prohibiting same-sex intercourse. The closest you get is a middle Assyrian law.

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