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1. Maat

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   Maat and Governmental Authority
   The pharaoh was the terrestrial mediator of Maat. The successful administration of Egypt—manifested in bountiful harvests, successful military campaigns, and the completion of monumental building projects—was the visible evidence that the king was successfully upholding the cosmic order. Failure to maintain Maat resulted in…

2. Natural Law

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   Legal Positivism fundamentally rejects the necessity of morality for legal validity, focusing instead on the pedigree (source) of the law. However, even positivist perspectives must account for the stabilizing role attributed to adherence to perceived moral standards.
   It has been observed that while Legal Positivism seeks stability through consistent enforcement (reducing decisional entropy), Natural Law theorists argue that this stability is brittle unless grounded in objective moral c…

3. Steppe

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   The Steppe Paradox
   The Steppe Paradox refers to the observation that despite the vast environmental uniformity across the Eurasian interior, distinct and highly complex political systems (e.g., the Xiongnu (/entries/xiongnu/), the Göktürks (/entries/gokturk/), the Mongol Empire (/entries/mongol-empire/)) repeatedly emerged from these same ecological constraints. This paradox is often resolved by …