Atalhöyük, commonly referred as being among the earliest known towns, was one of Anatolia's greatest Neolithic villages, housing up to 8,000 inhabitants at its height following its establishment about 7100 BCE.
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The sprawling ruins of Çatalhöyük – a vast, ancient human settlement in what we now know as Turkey – are much like a precursor to the modern metropolis of today. Yet, over the course of 9,000 years, times have certainly changed.