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They had originally formed self-contained city-states which they owned, and had no desire to surrender their control and ownership to another city or group.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agoThey were not colonies, they were independent city-states which jealously preserved the independence which arose from their initial establishment as such.
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