Does the "population pressure leads to state-style governments, most of the time" idea mesh with what happened in the American west, i.e. as more people moved out West, the governments had to become more structured? Or was it more like "the Federal government pushed its control out West as soon as there were enough people to justify it." ## See Also ![[The Civilizations of Africa by Christopher Ehret#ch04p132 Agricultural Intensification in the Ethopian Rift Cultural Effects]] ![[The Civilizations of Africa by Christopher Ehret#ch04p144 Nubian and Egypt Sources of Political Growth and Social Stratification]]