City : A Guidebook For The Urban Age

The first cities were built by a people we now know as the sumerians.. At the heart of sumerian civilisation were independent, self- governing cities, beginning with the first city: eridu. The sumerians believed that each city had been built by a god or goddess as their own dwelling . the temple was therefore at the centre of city life, a focus of ritual and economic activity. the god entrusted each city to the care fo a king, ro lugal’in sumerian. for sumerians, civilised life was city life.