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The First Protector
Author's note: This essay combines historical analysis with fictional scenes and dialogue.
Chapter I: The Man Who Would Not Share His Goat
Long before there were kings, taxes, armies, or economists, there was a man named Urak who killed a goat.
It was a magnificent goat, with enormous horns and an expression of permanent disappointment. Urak had followed it for three days through the mountains of the southern Caucasus, sleeping beneath rocks, drinking from streams, and occasionally wondering whether the goat was deliberately leading him somewhere. On the fourth morning, he drove his spear…
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