Pittsburgh grew around the site of Fort Duquesne. Fort Duquesne was at what is now called The Point which is flat land where the rivers Allegheny and Monongahela converge to form the Ohio River.
Pittsburgh grew around the site of Fort Duquesne. Fort Duquesne was at what is now called The Point which is flat land where the rivers Allegheny and Monongahela converge to form the Ohio River.
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Migratory tribes settled on arable land and erected a hill fort for protection against invaders. Cities grew up around the hill, and so a city-state was formed, the inhabitants having no wish or reason to merge with neighbours who might be rival or predators.
The Greeks didn't live on the Acropolis because that was where the Gods lived. The Acropolis is a temple above the city of Athens.
Spanish priests didn't find cities. They established missions around which cities grew.
The Greek polis began as a small independent city-state, characterized by a central urban center and surrounding countryside. It was a self-governing entity with its own political, social, and economic structure.
The grew on a tract of agricultural land with a fortress hill (acropolis) as defensive refuge, and a clean water supply, all of which allowed a community to live with food and physical security. As population grew, a city grew up around the acropolis and walls around the city. Proximity to the sea promoted growing trade and provided a source of seafood protein. As the breeding rate was proportional to the lack of television, the city population outstripped the ability of the limited land to support it, even with the casualties from incessant inter-city warfare, and surplus people were shipped off to other sites around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, where they seized land and established new cities, and the process began over again.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The acropolis (= high city) was the fort and refuge in a city. As the city grew up around it, it housed temples which were also used as treasuries.
It was a high area on which a defensive fort was established. As the city grew around it, it had temples erected and city funds were held there under protection of the god.
He grew up in and around Johnson City, Texas,
The acropolis was established as a hill fort as refuge against invading neighbours or nomads. As a city grew up, it was often walled for the same reason.
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The acropolis was established as a hill fort as refuge against invading neighbours or nomads. As a city grew up, it was often walled for the same reason.
The acropolis was established as a hill fort as refuge against invading neighbours or nomads. As a city grew up, it was often walled for the same reason.