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49. The Dawn of Everything

Empire

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The Role of Women in Ancient Egypt

"We're talking about highly unequal societies with some of the world's first peasantries," she says. "Unlike our house, they do seem to have had a certain respite from all that and actually held out some notion of a different kind of society" She asks: Where are the slaves fitting into this? Because you're painting a picture of a lovely place that neither is mine being invented."

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