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It is only recent in compared to geological stuff, say mountains or oceans. The Spartans and the Athenians all had huge citizenship issues. The Persians under Cyrus were in a large part successful because they molded the idea of citizenship to mean many things, but it was a vital that you were a citizen . I think human civilizations every where, say even early China and the Mayans all had citizenship requirements. Being part of the hyarchy was the only way to get support from the system.

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