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Greece and rome both faced wars wich ended their rein. also, they had overpopulation

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The city-states started on their own patch of land, building a city on it and living off its produce. To survive they had to defend land and city against neighbouring cities and invaders. So the cities had to be independent and capable of protecting that independence.

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The Greece are not conqured and they are fighting togather (Athens and Sparta) until Athens have been getting a plague and they finilly signed a truce

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