By Christoph von Fûrer-Haimendorf
The financial system of the Apa Tanis, who knew neither the main of animal traction nor the wheel, resembled that of yes Neolithic societies, however the equipment utilized in the exploitation in their typical surroundings have been faraway from primitive, and a built agriculture enabled a inhabitants of a few 20,000 to stay in a single valley of 20 sq. miles.
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