When the prehistoric people trekked into south America toward the end of the ice age,they found a wondrous,lush continent inhabited by all manner of strange creatures like giant ground sloths and car size armadillos.
These hunter gatherers proceeded to behave like invasion species,with their population surging the crashing as they relentlessly depleted natural resources.
Then after that alot more people mustered that area,with crops and animals
Cooperation between Phonecian city-states was unlikely because of their geographical locations - they were scattered along the Mediterranean coasts. Though some Phonecian city-states may have cooperated especially in trading, their prosperous condition despite being independent from each other is why they didn't need to create a united front.
To provide the means to transport military aid more quickly in the event of a national military crisis.
Around 1.7 million people died (but no more than 9 million)