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Early hunter-gatherer clans were not considered civilizations because they did not build towns or cities.
Early hunter-gatherers lived in caves or small huts. These gatherers did work together, however there was no government, commerce, or social hierarchy, which are some of the primary factors of a civilization.
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Slavery was so profitable, it sprouted more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation. With cash crops of tobacco, cotton and sugar cane, America's southern states became the economic engine of the burgeoning nation.
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