Posted on 07/01/2013 6:55:02 PM PDT by Pharmboy
In Sumerian towns, most lived in multi-storey structures we’d probably call townhouses, although they were more square, and some had narrow internal courtyards. The family dead were interred under the floors, a practice which I’ve seen termed “unhygienic”, seems a little bit of an understatement.
It’s also been written that such a practice led to a relatively large number of abandoned homes, accounting for their urban sprawl, but imv that’s pretty stupid. :’) There were a lot of Sumerians, they were a successful society, and besides natural increase, they are known to have attracted non-Sumerian immigrants (Semites) into their urban areas.
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