were so rich and powerful because after the crusades people flippe dasd gobbledygook youza
citystates
Citizen
citystates
A member of a rich and powerful family is often referred to as an aristocrat or elite.
Spaghetti
Athens and Sparta .
To gain land for farming
the rich and the powerful
The plantation owners; because they were rich and powerful.
You said it in your question. They were rich and powerful so they could have things poor people couldn’t have.
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Sumerian citystates were originally theocracies.