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Three
characteristics highlighted the
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importance
of imitating established centers.
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n |
Expanding
commercial contacts and missionary
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activity
connected once excluded regions to
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established
civilizations.
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n |
The
best established civilizations were in
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roughly
the same areas once occupied by the
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classical
civilizations.
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n |
They
were surrounded by areas where there
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were
less organized civilizations, who
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participated
in the world exchange at a
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disadvantage
and attempted to imitate features
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of
the major centers.
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