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Emmanuel Florac

The Bronze Trade Origins of Cities - by Arpit Gupta

#history #archeology #agriculture #Bronze #urbanisation

..it took about as much time between the origin of agriculture and the emergence of the first true cities, in the 4th millennium BC, as has elapsed since then. When cities did first arise, you saw the near-synchronous emergence of urban centers in the Bronze Age characterized by internal stratification and elites across Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and Central Asia. Why did it take so long for these cities to form, and what explains the timing? Why did they start up so quickly all over the world?

It’s a foundational question at the heart of urban economics, politics, and trade, and a new paper by Matthias Flückiger, Mario Larch, Markus Ludwig, and Luigi Pascali provides a provocative answer: the key to the emergence of cities in the Bronze Age was, well, Bronze.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-140951818

The Bronze Trade Origins of Cities

Why Metals Explain The Rise of Civilization

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YA

Since Monday afternoon I am staying in Stonemill to check on Peter for 5 days while Katharina is in Darmstadt, Germany... I am preparing his breakfast, giving him his medicamentation and am cooking his supper... he is quite weak and has become extreme forgetful... although I do love him very much it is quite arduous.

The #sculpture is one of Peter's #bronze #art... #ya #photo

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