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The Walled Cities: Keeping Out The Joneses

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/07/walled-cities-keeping-out- "QUANTUM SHOT" #579 Link - article by M. Christian and A. Abrams "Us And Them." Human history, perhaps, was shaped mostly by... walls It’d be so nice if it was true, but the fact is it ain’t: the first settlements – before bronze age, before iron age, even probably before the stone age – didn’t happen because folks liked each other’s company. As the old saying goes: there really is safety in numbers … and fortifications. Walled City of Shibam, Yemen - more info and images here If you have any doubt about how wood -- and then stone and later even steel – walls helped shape human civilization, all you need to do is take a close look at most of our cities, especially the older ones. via http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/07/walled-cities-keeping-out-joneses.html