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One of the oldest and largest cities of the Bronze Age Indus civilization (Mohenjo-daro), contemporaneous with the pyramids, had no temples or palaces. Inequality in building sizes was small and declined over time. The city seems to have been both prosperous and egalitarian--a rarity then and now.

Summary: https://www.iflscience.com/one-of-the-worlds-oldest-cities-defies-the-rules-of-history-and-can-teach-us-a-lot-in-the-21st-century-83537

Original paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/inequality-declined-in-the-bronze-age-city-of-mohenjodaro/BF07ED4E516F2127F1C3E645C9C8F462

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