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- tribes lead to small city-states,<br> | - tribes lead to small city-states,<br> | ||
- 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 | - larger units fractured back into smaller ones 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.<br> | 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.<br> |
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