They where big trading cities that many people wanted to control and because of it geographic location it was used as a cultural hearth
Answer:
Because they felt like it duh
Every communist country ever,
China, Venezuela, Cuba, ect
The truth is the law was created to be used as a guideline furthering the importance of what is to be accepted in society. You should comply with the law although some people would rather not the law commands it or their will be further consequences.