Why are there so few city-states?



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Resources:

A. The primary source for this video is: Parker, G. (2004). Sovereign city: the city-state through history. Reaktion Books.
B. https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/2018-revision-of-world-urbanization-prospects.html

Produced by Dave Amos in sunny Sacramento, California.
Edited by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio.

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