Dec 30, 2007
THE FIRST CITIES:Why Settle Down? The Mystery of Communities
On Çatalhöyük, which once had a decent claim as the oldest city in the world, dating from around 7500 BC and with a population that might have reached 10 000 (it’s still probably the largest known neolithic settlement, at least in terms of population). There’s even more at Metafilter (there goes my day!).
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