agrarian
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This framework also helps explain why agrarian societies, which normally benefit from living spread out, sometimes gathered in cities despite the financial and social costs.
From Science Daily
Sparta was an agrarian oligarchy whose muscle was its hoplite horde.
Three farmers, a major farm operator and an agrarian association told Reuters the military call-up had made the most important times of the arable calendar - the sowing and harvesting seasons - even more tough.
From Reuters
Farmers in Malawi, an agrarian nation on the front lines of climate change, have no choice but to be creative.
From New York Times
It’s not just Ms. Harry and her neighbors in Malawi, a largely agrarian nation of 19 million on the front lines of climate hazards.
From New York Times
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