34/ Primeval thinking was applied to devise technologies for the survival of human societies and to influence the supernatural forces believed to determine their fate. It produced the foundations of art, music, spoken and written language, mathematics, and astronomy.
33/ Religions expanded when adopted by empires, while autocratic rulers of empires right up to the First World War claimed a divine mandate to legitimize and consolidate their power.
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35/ Reflective consciousness enabled human societies, uniquely, to adapt any land on the planet as their habitat while remaining a single, interbreeding species.
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