The remains and records of these strongholds make it clear that the political organization was an imitation of oriental monarchy.

这些堡垒的遗迹和记录表明,这个政治体制效法了东方君主政体

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And there are more. Many of them referring to the exodus in Egypt and others referring to the notion of imitatio dei.

还有更多，其中很多是关于埃及的大迁徙,其它的是关于效法经的概念。

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We have two rationales there; one is the explicit rationale of imitatio dei. This is what I do and this is what you should do.

这里我们有两个理论基础，一个是对效法经的明确阐述,它告诉你这是你做的事，这是你应该做的事。

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