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Ancient communities

All communities were survival communities in ancient times.

The natural and gregarious nature of man drew people together. Families and clans were naturally bound by common origins or lineal consanguinity. Bringing a broader group together was often based on common interests or beliefs or stimulated by a common threat.

Different forms of tribal communities and cultures thrived and worked to prosper society and others degenerated and disappeared. Sometimes societies morphed into their very antitheses when new generations forgot the wisdom of their more ancient counter parts.

Most, in the beginning, were voluntary societies. Because of the independence required to survive social bonds and the virtues that nurture them developed over time.

Civil societies were also communities but evolved away from the voluntary society to a more controlled society. While control could be imposed by policy, members would often become dependent upon society itself either because the alternative outside of that society was too difficult or dangerous or because members of society lost the ability to survive on their own.

There are a vast list of societies and forms of governments used to aid in the function of those societies.

The Greek city states, which provided a variety of community forms, Ancient Rome and its evolution into an imperial power. Ancient Israel, the Teuton tribes and confederations all came about, evolved and degenerated over the centuries.

From Cain to Nimrod or Pharaoh to Caesar we have seen civilizations and governments come and go.

What can we learn from their mistakes and policies?

And do we have the humility or wisdom to recognize their errors in our own pursuits and practices?