For example, as in the rest of the ancient world, slavery existed in Israel. It did. Even so, and this is not to apologize for it, there is a tendency toward humanitarianism in the laws concerning slavery.

例如，就像远古世界的其它地方一样，奴隶制也存在于,以色列，即使这样，也不必为此感到抱歉，在有关,奴隶制的法律里都有一种人道主义倾向。

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If wealth were the purpose of politics Aristotle writes the Phoenicians you might say in the ancient world -the Phoenicians were the commercial people par excellence the Phoenicians would be the best regime.

后者是著名《富国论》的作者,亚里士多德写到,如果财富是政治的目的,则你可以说，腓尼基人,远古世界最优秀的商人,腓尼基人治理的是最佳政体。

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