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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 4(8), pp. 710 - 718
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040805
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Concept of Leadership in the Ancient History and Its Effects on the Middle East

Erc眉ment Yildirim ^*
Department of History, Kahramanmaras Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Sutcu Imam University, Turkey

ABSTRACT

This paper is not written for political reasons. This study presents the perceptions about how the communities lived in the Middle East, which has been the center for religious, economic and political conflicts throughout history and how it has been ruled since the ancient times and how they can be ruled today. The aim of the study is to reveal the origins of the lifestyle of Middle Eastern people whom have only been gathered together under the hegemony of a leader. The Sumerian community, who has organized city kingdoms, formed the first legal state structure that puts the governor to the center and accordingly was the earliest monarchic kingdom system in history. By the invention of writing and the development of transportation, multinational states like the Akkadian Dynasty which ruled over large areas, has rapidly prospered. All the states which have been established in the Middle East following the Akkadian Dynasty were ruled by the monarchy system. The leaders, who hold the political and military power in the Middle East, had un-reachable place upon the people's minds. When compared with communities living in the other regions of the world, people of the Middle East are closer to the decentralizing thought system. This study, tries to give answers within the limits of the article, to such questions as "Who is a leader for the Middle Eastern people?", "What are the characteristics of a leader for the Middle Eastern people?" and "Can a leader be democratic?"

KEYWORDS
Middle East, Leadership, the Arabian Spring, Mesopotamia

Cite This Paper in IEEE or APA Citation Styles
(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Erc眉ment Yildirim , "Concept of Leadership in the Ancient History and Its Effects on the Middle East," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 4, No. 8, pp. 710 - 718, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040805.

(b). APA Format:
Erc眉ment Yildirim (2016). Concept of Leadership in the Ancient History and Its Effects on the Middle East. Sociology and Anthropology, 4(8), 710 - 718. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040805.