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 -There is a lot of evidence in the literature for this time that the cities were expanding, but do we get evidence in archaeology too? -We get lots of evidence. This is the period when cities were emerging and expanding all over the country. 

-These lovely little belongings here, did these all come from cities?
-All of them did. You can imagine the people who used them. Look at this, for instance. This is a razor.
-That's great. I love it. I love it when design doesn't change. That's the same with the razor today.
-That's true. Yes.
-That's one h* of doornails. 
-That's quite some door.
-Yes. 
-That's holding together. And these are lovely, as well. Is this a very fine dining wear, is it?
-It is. This is a very special kind of pottery that must have been used only by very rich people for very special occasions.
-So do you think, I mean, this kind of different way of living is affecting how people feel about their lives?
-Yes, absolutely. And the city must have been a very exciting and also unsettling experience for somebody who walked into one of the cities from a village, because something new is emerging, but the old ways of life and the old kinds of social relationships are dissolving. This is a time when you have unprecedented and, I think, unparalleled level of questioning about what it means to live in the world and how one should live one's life and all kinds of questions that concern us very deeply.
 
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