The first cities grew up around temples.https://twitter.com/aristokles11235/status/954025648325935104 …
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Replying to @vncvrrentevents
The city is a technology (or suite of technologies) that allows an otherwise impossible number of people to stay in the same place, instead of roving around for better hunting and foraging grounds. What would make lots of people want to stay in one place despite the difficulty?
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Replying to @380kmh @vncvrrentevents
To worship--to be in, or near, that sacred place. Temples -> Cities -> Farming -> the rest is history
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Replying to @380kmh @vncvrrentevents
...on a related note, this means that a city without something holy at its core is just needless misery
9:30 AM - 18 Jan 2018
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