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- city states combined into larger economic and political units (kingdoms, empires, republics) by aggression or treaty, <br> | - city states combined into larger economic and political units (kingdoms, empires, republics) by aggression or treaty, <br> | ||
- larger units fractured again as conditions changed (natural disasters making powerful states into weak ones, failures in inherited leadership, technological discoveries providing temporary economic advantages, etc.)<br> | - larger units fractured again as conditions changed (natural disasters making powerful states into weak ones, failures in inherited leadership, technological discoveries providing temporary economic advantages, etc.)<br> | ||
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The peninsulas and islands of Catulla ensured that smaller city-states lasted longer and occurred more frequently in Catullan history than on drier worlds. Amalgamation under a single world government took much longer than the average Federation member world. | |||
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Not all, but most of planet's arable land is within a day's foot travel of coastline, and generally slopes upward from coast into mountains. There are very few plateaus or plains above sea level, and as a consequence naval power rather than infantry was traditionally the dominant means by which control of territory was asserted.<br> | Not all, but most of planet's arable land is within a day's foot travel of coastline, and generally slopes upward from coast into mountains. There are very few plateaus or plains above sea level, and as a consequence naval power rather than infantry was traditionally the dominant means by which control of territory was asserted.<br> | ||