Era of Empire

Era of Empire refers to a 5,000 year span of history that began when our early ancestors in the Tigris-Euphratis and Nile river valleys first  turned away from Earth Community and embraced the organizational forms and relationships of Empire, Creating societies in which a few at the top enjoy extreme power and privilege and those at the bottom are forced into lives of submission and desperation created a win-lose competition for resources between individuals and nations with devastating social and environmental consequences for society as a whole.

    Once Empire’s pyramid of domination was in place, the resulting rule or be ruled, kill or be killed competitive dynamic left the individual with few options. Choosing to form and live in caring community was rarely among them. As indigenous people the world over learned, such communities were targeted by imperial powers for colonization and destruction.