Quite a few enlightenment thinkers were inspired by contact with indigineous peoples in the Americas where certain democratic frameworks existed.
Several different parts of the world had various democratic frameworks throughout history including in South and West Asia, Africa, and certain indigenous groups in the Americas.
The Eurocentric narrative persists though, but perhaps for not much longer.
This quote in OPs image is by the late anthropologist who cowrote the Dawn of Everything which explores global civilizational history further.
Quite a few enlightenment thinkers were inspired by contact with indigineous peoples in the Americas where certain democratic frameworks existed.
Several different parts of the world had various democratic frameworks throughout history including in South and West Asia, Africa, and certain indigenous groups in the Americas.
The Eurocentric narrative persists though, but perhaps for not much longer.
This quote in OPs image is by the late anthropologist who cowrote the Dawn of Everything which explores global civilizational history further.
This book is so goated I recommend it to anyone especially if you haven’t cared for anthropology so far.