monarchical power, of a wealthy monarchical power.

富有的君主专制国家
Already the model is there in Asia.

在亚洲早就有了这样的制度
Again, I want to say it's the

我想强调的是
because in Egypt the whole Nile Valley--

由于在埃及的整个尼罗河流域
because I think of the nature of the Nile Valley--

当然我认为尼罗河流域的政权性质
became totally centralized, under the rule of one man,

是完全集权化的法老是唯一的统治者
the Pharaoh, and he commanded the whole thing.

并且他控制着所有事物
It took longer for anything like that to happen in Mesopotamia,

这种政权在美索不达米亚的萌芽历时更长
although it ultimately did. When we get, for instance,

但最终它出现了比如让我们回溯到
down to about 1750 B.C. In Mesopotamia,

约公元前一七五九年在美索不达米亚
Babylonia, which is

在古巴比伦
at that point the dominant kingdom of the area,

当时一个国王完全统治了那里