And it was a series of semi-independent city-states, if that sounds remotely familiar, a day's walk from one another where everyone was basically farming-mad, and grew vegetables in their back gardens, and ate communal meals together, and so on.
Det var en række af halvt uafhængige bystater, hvis det lyder bare en smule bekendt, der lå en dags gang fra hinanden, og hvor alle var vilde med landbrug, dyrkede grøntsager i deres baghaver, og spiste fælles-måltider sammen, og så videre.