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Cities predated agriculture. Look up Göbekli Tepe -- this is a common misconception and worth correcting yourself on.
by achierius 6mo ago
Cities predated agriculture. Look up Göbekli Tepe -- this is a common misconception and worth correcting yourself on.
- defrost 6mo agoIt was a city half in / half out of agriculture though. No evidence of cultivation, but extensive evidence of cereal / grain processing - surrounded as it was by abundant wild grasses and steppes. The argument made by some is that processing grain (winnowing, grinding with stone, ovens, etc) induces a fixed "city" life via the not especially portable capital investment. Certainly an avenue of thought worth investing time in.