> As they put it, “Humans may not have begun their history in a state of primordial innocence, but they do appear to have begun it with a self-conscious aversion to being told what to do. If this is so, we can at least refine our initial question: the real puzzle is not when chiefs, or even kings and queens, first appeared, but rather when it was no longer possible to simply laugh them out of court.”

When weapons that anyone could make from everyday materials became wildly insufficient against bronze weapons made by magic and hoarded by kings.

"A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe"

https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Short_History_of_Huma...