describe how cities developed in ancient and medieval period in the world? give example
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. The benefits of dense settlement included reduced transport costs, exchange of ideas, sharing of natural resources, large local markets, and in some cases amenities such as running water and sewage disposal. Possible costs would include higher rate of crime, higher mortality rates, higher cost of living, worse pollution, traffic and high commuting times. Cities grow when the benefits of proximity between people and firms are higher than the cost.
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Ancient Cities:
Ancient cities were larger in scale than other human settlements.
Ancient cities could develop only when an increase in food supplies made it possible to support a wide range of
non-food producers.
Cites were often the centres of political power, administrative network, trade and industry, religious institutions,
and intellectual activity, and supported various social groups such as artisans, merchants and priests