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Since at least the Enlightenment, the first cities have been commonly seen as products of a state or other kind of regionally organized polity that enabled the reliable production of a food surplus. In this paper, we re-evaluate the relationship between cities, regionally organized polities, and surplus based on data from the very early urban settlements of Jenne-jeno, San Lorenzo, and Liangzhu. These data clearly show that regionally organized polities were necessary to feed these cities. The polities developed in reaction to urban life, often replacing more localized subsistence regimes that had provided greater autonomy for producers. We argue that decoupling regional polity formation from urbanization can provide a more accurate understanding of how cities first came into being.

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