Why did cities start to develop around 6,000 years ago? How have they evolved? And why do so many of us choose to live in them?
To answer these questions, Andrew Carter is joined by Monica L Smith, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles and author of Cities: the First 6,000 Years, which is the subject of this episode.
Some of Professor Smith’s most striking arguments in this podcast include the following:
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