It is the "Great Chain of Being"--derived from the thinking of Plato and Aristotle-- that recognizes God as the ultimate authority in government and law, and of course over all humans and animals.
The reason why farming has been difficult in iraq in the 1970s is because of the decline of the fruits that they grow, with this reason, it brought a down fall in the money or profit that they could earn which leads farmers to produce slowly because of the low prices they earn from the market. This leads to difficulty on the farmers and the sellers who sells their fruits.
This was known as the Equal Rights Amendment.
This law has been proposed several times throughout American history. However, Congress has never had enough votes to get it passed through the House of Representatives and the Senate at the same time. To this day, it is still NOT part of the United States Constitution.
Perhaps it's referring to the Rocky Mountains?