Which enlightenment thinker focused on individual freedom and beileved that civilization corrupted people

Rousseau

Explanation:

He disagreed with many enlightenment thinker, and thought that civilization corrupted the natural goodness of people. The best government was a direct democracy. Rousseau believed the social contract was an agreement among individuals to create a society and government, not an agreement between society and government.

lincoln presided over the union victory in the american civil war, which dominated his presidency. a former whig, lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. his election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.

i think it was because of how protected egyptian civilization was was which allowed them to evolve without much outside influence.