Oh yeah, the male-dominated warrior society where all women are slaves vs the sedentary matriarchal society whose men are cowed to the power of the priestesses (or variations on such theme; whether either such things ever really existed is highly debatable, but who cares, this is fantasy after all). Bronze swords, big spears, shaggy horses, men in leather dedicated to the war god, burning and pillaging the farming villages and sacred temples to the mother goddess. misogynistic much, and so hot!
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