The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole. (Arnold J. Toynbee)

The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.

Arnold J. Toynbee

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