"The" Social Contract did not come about until much later.

I'm not talking about an actual contract, or a specific philosophical concept put froward by one person. I am talking about the human behavior that is thousands of years old, a relationship between the rulers and the ruled that is as old as history itself. We can call it by any other name, but this is what I refer to when I use the words "The social contract". We can call it something else if you prefer, but the dynamic itself is very core to the relationship between the rulers and the ruled, and largely dictates the rhythm of history, and the rise and fall of revolutions and empires.