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Initially, economies of many of the toors relied on their packets of sedentary population, as goles wanted real and stable kingdoms, with cities and courts. Slavery was also a prominent part of toor economies, with slaves working in cities, camps and farmlands.
 
Initially, economies of many of the toors relied on their packets of sedentary population, as goles wanted real and stable kingdoms, with cities and courts. Slavery was also a prominent part of toor economies, with slaves working in cities, camps and farmlands.
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But a more nomadic-based modus operandi also developed. Some toors began to adopt aggressive military tactics in order to extort money and resources from wealthy countries, city states and even other toors. Toor armies would raid cities and immediately retreat, making them pretty much invincible. This forced city states to strike deals with many of the toors and send them payments in order to secure their borders. When such relationships would stabilize, many toors would become invested in the stability of the city states that are sending them payments, which would in turn influence their own politics. Toors acting in the interest of the city states that they raided in the past was common.
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But a more nomadic-based modus operandi also developed. Some toors began to adopt aggressive military tactics in order to extort money and resources from wealthy countries, city states and even other toors. Toor armies would raid cities and immediately retreat, making them pretty much invincible. This forced city states to strike deals with many of the toors and send them tributes in order to secure their borders. When such relationships would stabilize, many toors would become invested in the stability of the city states, which would in turn influence their own politics. Toors acting in the interest of the city states they once raided was common and created complicated dynamics in the region.
    
However, as toors would become wealthier, many of them would begin to develop from nomadic kingdoms into traveling kingdoms, building permanent encampments and cities. This would lead smaller and more nomadic toors to raid them and eventually upend them, either taking their place or forcing them back into a more nomadic lifestyle.
 
However, as toors would become wealthier, many of them would begin to develop from nomadic kingdoms into traveling kingdoms, building permanent encampments and cities. This would lead smaller and more nomadic toors to raid them and eventually upend them, either taking their place or forcing them back into a more nomadic lifestyle.