The great rift valley in east Africa is being shaped by water due to erosion
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It had a larger population from which to collect taxes. It taxed the groups coming into the area to farm land. It placed high taxes on the empire's declining population.
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He felt that it could lead to a new age of transportation, and also gain more support for him if he had said he liked it