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Many ancient cultures, such as Egypt, seem to have had a social model where half the population worked 6 mo and half the other 6. Folks relaxed on the public stores while off. Why did this demonstrably more leisurely system die off?

by /u/MuskyElongatedRocket in /r/AskHistorians

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