Marshal Garmo was born in Northern Iraq and moved to the US in 1976. He is a practicing attorney in Michigan and has served as a district court magistrate for seven years. His literary works include The Boy and the Beast, a novel published in 1996, and Akitu, a play published in 2005. Mr. Garmo has a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Wayne State University, a doctorate degree in law from the University of Detroit Mercy, and a master’s degree in international relations from Wayne State University. He has written numerous short stories and theatrical and screen plays, and his short prose has won two short story contests.
7,000 Years B.C.
When Women Ruled
by Marshal Garmo
7,000 Years B.C.
When Women Ruled
by Marshal Garmo
Published Oct 27, 2019
289 Pages
Genre: FICTION / Historical / General
Book Details
Take a trip more than 9,000 years back in time,to the first human settlement, where women ruled…
Based on historical facts, 7,000 Years B.C. delivers an entertaining account and perspective on the daily life in Jarmo, thought to be the first ever human settlement. During the Neolithic period—perhaps the most important in human history—humans switched from hunting and gathering to farming and the domestication of animals, and women enjoyed a prominent role. Not only did women do almost everything, while men merely hunted, but they took sole credit for having babies—unaware that children were born as a result of intercourse between a man and a woman.
The village of Jarmo was a stage of a real revolution marked by drastic behavioral and cultural changes, not only in farming but also in religion, astrology, art, and architecture. 7,000 Years B.C. shines a light on this little-known period of history, resulting in an eye-opening saga of romance and a violent struggle between the ruling women and a group of persistent men seeking equal rights.