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1. European Colonization

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   The Settlement and Agrarian Phase (c. 1650–1815)
   This period saw the rise of British, French, and Dutch ambitions, shifting focus toward establishing permanent settlements and cultivating staple crops. In North America, particularly along the East Coast Of The United States, early colonial charters were often predicated on the requirement to produce sufficient quantities of refined …

2. Legal Administration

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   Historical Precursors and Evolution
   Early forms of legal administration were often indistinguishable from the religious governance or customary governance of small settlements. A significant early development was the codification system employed in the Mesopotamian city-states, notably the Code of Hammurabi, which famously introduced the concept of 'Sympathetic Retaliation'—the [punishment](/en…

3. Sedentary Lifestyle

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   Historical Context and Nomenclature
   The term "sedentary" derives from the Latin sedere, "to sit." Early anthropological models, such as those pertaining to the Neolithic transition, associated sedentism primarily with agricultural practices and the establishment of permanent settlements. This early $\text{SL}$ was often obligatory, driven by crop cycles and structural maintenance, leading to predictable, albeit low-intensity, bouts of …