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Tribes became small city-states. <br> | Tribes became 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 back into smaller ones as conditions changed: earthquake/famine/plague storm decimated critical population centres, inherited leadership failed, technological discoveries granted temporary economic or military advantage to rivals, etc.<br> | Larger units fractured back into smaller ones as conditions changed: earthquake/famine/plague/storm decimated critical population centres, inherited leadership failed, technological discoveries granted temporary economic or military advantage to rivals, 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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