ABSTRACT
Once upon a time, many millennia ago, three hunter-gatherer tribes settled in different parts of a river water basin known as Indopotamia. People were few and resources were plenty. As the population grew, the tribes realized that they could no longer depend entirely on wild foods. Slowly, they learned to cultivate rice. The best land for agriculture, however, became increasingly scarce. Land was transformed into a symbol of power. To protect themselves, and to assert their authority, the tribes established geographic boundaries and organized governments. These eventually became the modern day states of Alpha, Beta, and Gamma.
