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Over-populated city-states shipped off their surplus populations to seize land and form new city-states around the Mediterranean and Black seas. The norm one hectare farm could not be divided amongst several children, so exporting the surplus prevented a dangerous class of unemployed men posing a threat of revolt. This resulted in over 2,000 new city-states being established.

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