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  "id": 5185113,
  "title": "What archaeology reveals about the rise of all-powerful rulers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/what-archaeology-reveals-about-the-rise-of-all-powerful-rulers",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-02T00:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Knowable Magazine",
    "slug": "knowable-magazine",
    "url": "https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/what-archaeology-reveals-about-rise-of-autocracy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations — many were more egalitarian. But when riches were there to monopolize, strongmen and inequalities emerged.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}