The DIASPORA Cycle

(How Nations Repeat Themselves)

Nation-building led to belief.
Belief led to freedom fighters.
Freedom fighters led to Zion.
Zion led to conflict.
Conflict led to diaspora.
Diaspora led to democracy.
Democracy led to mobs.
Mobs crushed individuals.
Individuals re-emerged stronger.
Strong individuals demanded leaders.
Leaders rebuilt nations.

And the cycle continued, moving through Babylon, Greece, Rome, empires unnamed, until it reached the midcenter again, always returning, always forgetting why.