Μια τέτοια αρχαια πόλη για παράδειγμα ήταν η Teotihuacán, όπου για 5 αιώνες ίσχυε αυτό απ'οτι φαίνεται.
Compared with the Aztec sites I have studied, Teotihuacán seems very strange, and not just because of its huge size (100,000 people, living in an area of close to 20 square kilometers). For one, it’s the only pre-modern Mexican city completely planned with a grid layout. For another, its residents lived in a form of housing—apartmentlike multifamily compounds with white lime-plaster floors, ornamented roofs, and porches—remarkably spacious and luxurious for the ancient world. These complexes are key to the conclusion of many researchers, including myself, that the city’s residents lived far more economically equal lives than any other known Mesoamerican society.
Archaeologists once assumed Teotihuacán was the work of a powerful despotic king. Now, most see something more extraordinary.
slate.com
Μια πόλη δηλαδή όσο η Νέα Υόρκη στην εποχή της είχε όλους τους κατοίκους της να ζουν σε σπιταρωνες και χωρίς βασιλιά η αριστοκράτες στη διοίκηση.