They were protected from outside influence by their beautiful environment:
https://ariamedtour.com/wp-content/u...n-province.jpg
https://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/00/34/73/71_big.jpg
https://image.shutterstock.com/z/sto...-163671728.jpg
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca88...ZPaO9AWD09wJRk

