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To: SunkenCiv

Interesting.

The Old English word for “lord” in Anglo-Saxon England was hlaford, which literally means “bread-giver” or “loaf-guardian”. The word hlaf-weard means “bread-warden

It is thought that after the catastrophic weather in the early 6th Century trigger by a massive, or multiple massive, volcanos, that force a rather chaotic tribal style system to become increasing more centralized under local Lords who became the early Anglo Saxon Kings


4 posted on 01/23/2025 6:42:35 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: MNJohnnie

Control of who gets resources and who doesn’t may be the origin of all political systems past and present.


5 posted on 01/23/2025 6:44:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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