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it is a good read and eye opening. a non-hierarchal society that does not resemble anything in the (then) old world...

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Hi, thanks for reading. Indeed, even I was surprised to read about this quasi-democratic story of Txcala. Those Indigenous of Meso America had many secrets or ways of governance.

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I love your writing style, Counter. "‘Win win’ with a fair amount of violence to be precise." I love the idea that there's no evidence of a lineage of rulers in this area. Perhaps the "pillars of the community" would arise as conditions required to accomplish all the defense and public (presumably) building of infrastructure.

I had the pleasure of spending part of the day in Teotihuacán many years ago. Later in a small museum in Vera Cruz they had a display that suggested it was the much earlier Olmecs that build the pyramid complex. Is that what your reading suggested or is it more complex?

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Hi Peace... no clue about the "much earlier Olmecs". Will troll!

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Many thanks for sharing!

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