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The Babylonian political, and social landscape now consisted of city-states set along the river branches, with a newwork of irrigation channels the extent and sophistication of which was dependent on the power of the state to organize their construction and maintenance and to mobilize the necessary workforce. Now, the uncultured steppe outside their territories was home to the insolvent/poor pastoralist whose nomadic lifestyle and "bardaric" ways were seen as strongly contrasted to the civilized to the like of the citydweller or rural inihabitant of the city-state. The villages of the later remained few in number, the majority of the population living in the city or its unwalled suburbs. The city-states vied with each other to control larger areas but maintained their identity even during periods when they were incorporated into larger empire.
The narrative above gives us of this generation, view of the civilized human population in a primary venue, which reflects the image of inclusive and exclusive social life, one that was altogether civilize according the gods religion-religious way of life, according to nature. We must observe the uncivilized life, the insolvent speecies who are nomad dwelling in steppe outside civilized territories--who are these postoralist living nomadic lifestyle and are "barbaric," showing bright contrast to the civilized life of the city dwellers or rural inhibitants of the city-state? They are non other but the Indo-European sodomite, "barbaricans." They are known today as homosexuals the Jesus church crufix by uncivilized murderers.