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At the time, the whole world had a total population of about 5 million people. So both this city and modern-day NYC would have about 0.1% of the global populati
by nkoren 7y ago
At the time, the whole world had a total population of about 5 million people. So both this city and modern-day NYC would have about 0.1% of the global population. The comparison seems apt.
- ptah 7y agoit wouldn't need nearly as much infrastructure and innovation to house 6,000 compared to 8,000,000. it is not in any way comparable in scale
- petewailes 7y agoIt's a simile, that it's a simile is obvious, and you know that that's the case. No-one is reasonably going to expect that the Canaanites literally built an NYC. Don't be persnickety.
- liveoneggs 7y agopretty obvious he was talking about the global relevancy of the restaurant and theater scene; not like he expected ancient subways!
- pesmhey 7y agoInnovation relative to what had come before it is equally impressive. Gotta crawl before you walk, and its a marvel how babies somehow learn to do it.
- bakuninsbart 7y agoYou would at least need: - A constant agrictultural surplus being able to support a city of this size. - A political system with some form of taxation and probably a kind of military and/or police. - A construction and manufacturing industry. This is all really basic stuff for a modern society, but we only got here, because we built on giants.