There were not eough people and plenty of seperation between them to minimize war. Then the conquests started and have
It is odd that you seem to ignore the biblical tale of being crucified for exercising free speech.
You may want to read this: http://www.womanastronomer.com/hypatia.htm
I find it revealing that real wars started with the advent of religion and (forced) conversion.
Golden Ages were always built on the backs of slaves. Today the US is experiencing a Golden Age, but I see no general happiness in the population.
Are we just spoiled or do we have really poor, unhappy people living in the richest country in the world?
Hypatia is proof that people were just as smart back then as we are today. So?
At the time of Hypatia, yes they had slaves as we understand slaves. Slaves like we understand seems too developed with the metal age. People were needed for mining of the ore. Before that the word slave had a far different meaning. There are a lot of words that way. God is another word that changed over time.
And there you have it. Mathematics haven't changed, in fact they have been refined. There is no war between Mathematics. There are (and always have been) wars between Gods, since the dawn of Mankind.
As far as the early wars. The history and art work does not show a lot of wars in early times. Wars seemed to have started in the Middle East and Europe with the introduction of the Asian olive. The change from flax seed oil to olive oil changed the whole way of life. Moses only reason for going to Israel was the olive oil. He had to wait 40 years, because Egypt and the Hittites were at war over the olive oil. Alexandria the Great’s empire was nothing more than the olive oil production. Once he controlled the oil, he took over Egypt and then headed east.
Thus wars, death, destruction, misery, hardship. So where is the blissful existence? Wars, mostly territorial have existed in Nature for billions of years. It is part of the evolution of species and competition for resources.
As a wise woman nce told me; true passive inward posture can only be achieved by hermits. But by definition hermits are useless to human knowledge.