Quote: (07-04-2013 05:30 AM)Architekt Wrote:
Interestingly enough, ancient Egypt, one of the most successful empires in history, apparently had a strong system of equality.
The ancient Egyptians viewed men and women, including people from all social classes except slaves, as essentially equal under the law,
There was another feature of their legal system that was quite interesting-- in some courts verbal arguments were forbidden because of their power to unduly persuade, so all arguments had to be in writing. I don't know enough about law to know if this is a good idea.
Also, people rented out land for farming 4000 years ago. The landlord biz is a good one.