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In Our Time

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The Fall of Agarit

If Agarit hadn't fallen, we may still have ended up with the same kind of situation. One trader was exempted from tax on his goods coming back from Crete - which implies everyone else was taxed but he wasn't. In return for land, various people had to offer services; often military and not always. Towards the end of this period, we start getting sales of land for which the Pilku service is stripped away. This means that eventually you will end up with a class of people who are independent of royal patronage.

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