The era of independent cities arose around 10,000 BC. Conditions in these early cities were very unsanitary due to the accumulation of trash. Cities rose 2 feet every 25 years from dirt and trash. [5]
The cities always reserved certain lands for public pasturage and for use in case of siege; these “commons” represent the survival of the earlier form of collective ownership. [6] Primitive men feared someone's home after death which delayed its destruction and delayed the establishment of permanent cities. [7] Cities devoted to manufacture, and trade arose ca. 8000 B.C. [8] The Dravidians were among the earliest peoples to build cities and to engage in an extensive export and import business, both by land and sea. [9]
When men met unarmed on the sacred market place these market squares became the first places of sanctuary and later known as “cities of refuge.” Any fugitive was safe there. [10] The purpose of an ancient city wall was to protect against ferocious beasts as well as to prevent surprise attacks by hostile humans. [11]
In a real commonwealth the business of governing cities and provinces is conducted by experts and is managed just as are all other forms of economic and commercial associations of people. [12] In a continental nation of a neighbor planet cities have no taxing power, neither can they go in debt. [13]
In Father’s universe there are many abodes, and there are cities whose builder is God and worlds whose habit of life is righteousness and joy in the truth. [14]