ANTHRO 119P Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Anatolia
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Urbanism is the most complex thing we have. Political, ritual, economic, social bound up together. How are you going to allocate your resources in the way that you are purchasing things. The articulation of the city with the state. Crimes legal regulation and restriction relationships with the state. Relation of city with the state*--> we have city when the state does not exist. A consideration of cities that in the absence of the state don"t seem to do particularly well. Deal with the collapse of the roman world in a straightforward way. Evolution of this parallel between a strong state and growing urban centers. They are moving a lot of stuff around no riots. Supporting people through free grain welfare and structure of provisioning. The state is interested in having the cities thrive. When things are not going so well ancient cities have a big difference with modern cities.
