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Originally Posted by kool maudit
I had to search for it, and it's tiny, but I was able to find this little image from some paper on daily life in Uruk because I thought it probably got it right. At least in Sumer, I doubt you were getting the Lower East Side with those mud bricks but I bet it was pretty intricate and lively.
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Very interesting. It looks like the inspiration for Tattooine in Star Wars. The "insulae" that Eschaton mentioned is interesting as well. I had a more Indian/Sub-Saharan African/Carribean type of shantytown in mind.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ekuK1fMp1S1SwZtr7
^ I can't imagine that not existing in ancient history. Who knows, maybe they were more progressive in planning and social structure.
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