![]() Recent research has highlighted the historical role cities have played in generating wealth, knowledge, or even infrastructure by investigating the functional relationship between urban population and these phenomena. How did cities-in particular urban growth-affect wealth inequality in antiquity? In our recent work, we are very much embedded in a tradition that has looked at various forms of inequality in the past, but we decided to approach the issue from a new angle. As scholars of the past, we are often interested in the origin and evolution of many phenomena, including wealth inequality. This has included understanding how societies became so unequal in wealth or similar metrics, including those related to income, social access, or even general well-being. The rise and economic development of mostly Western states from the 18th to 20th centuries resulted in increased philosophical, public, and scholarly attention to the rise of wealth accrual in states. How Empires and Cities in the Ancient Near East Accelerated Wealth Inequality By Andrea Squitieri and Mark Altaweel ASOR-AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS FELLOWSHIPS. ![]()
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