I had become a little fascinated with the city of Jericho and the picture available i n our textbook.
The picture in the textbook gave no real means of scale comparison except for physical measurement. The size of the construction and its importance at the time helped qualify it as "one of the oldest cities in the world." I was reflecting on its history that goes back about 10,000 years from our point in history. The city of Jericho was a leader in construction and technology in its ancient past. To obtain the pinnacle that it achieved in its day it incorporated the same ideas concerning cooperation and planning that are need today except on a larger scale. The images available online were not easily downloaded so the pictorial comparison isn't available. I was hoping to compare it with the city of San Francisco today, certainly a world class city that we are all familiar with. My point of reflection was a question for contempation, considering where Jericho is today after 10,000 years where might San Francisco be after the same amount of time?
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