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6. Patriarchy existed long before any recorded religion.

Tue Nov 18, 2025, 03:22 PM

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These records pre-date the Code of Hammurabi (754 BC) and Egyptian texts (3,000 BC) and the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh (2500 BC).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalist_chronology

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