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In the Urantia Book

* a city cannot withstand siege unless it is united 153:4.3
* culture thrives best in c.; multiply power for good or evil 68:6.5
* he who rules self is greater than he who captures city 143:2.3
* If you desire to enter the kingdom, why do you not take it by spiritual assault even as the heathen take a city they lay siege to? 155:1.3

the era of independent cities arose around 10,000 BC. Conditions in these early cities were very unsanitary due to the accumulation of trash. Cities rose 2 feet every 25 years from dirt and trash 81:3.3
the cities always reserved certain lands for public pasturage and for use in case of siege; these “commons” represent the survival of the earlier form of collective ownership. 69:9.14
primitive men feared someone's home after death which delayed its destruction and delayed the establishment of permanent cities 87:1.3
cities devoted to manufacture, and trade arose ca. 8000 B.C. 79:1.4
The Dravidians were among the earliest peoples to build cities and to engage in an extensive export and import business, both by land and sea. 79:3.7
when men met unarmed on the sacred market place these market squares became the first places of sanctuary and later known as “cities of refuge.” Any fugitive was safe there 69:4.4
The purpose of an ancient city wall was to protect against ferocious beasts as well as to prevent surprise attacks by hostile humans. 66:5.8

In a real commonwealth the business of governing cities and provinces is conducted by experts and is managed just as are all other forms of economic and commercial associations of people. 71:3.11
in a continental nation of a neighbor planet cities have no taxing power, neither can they go in debt. 72:7.3
in Father’s universe there are many abodes, and there are cities whose builder is God and worlds whose habit of life is righteousness and joy in the truth. 178:3.4

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

House divided cannot stand 153:4.3 — Mt 12:25-32; Mk 3:23-30; Lk 11:17-23.
He who rules self is great 143:2.3 — Pr 16:32. *Old order was fasting and prayer*: Mt 9:14; Mk 2:18; Lk 5:33. *Old things and new*: Mt 9:16-17; Mk 2:21-22; Lk 5:36-38; Ro 7:6; 2 Co 5:17. *Witness by your love*: Jn 13:35. *From bondage to liberty*: Ro 8:21.
Why do the heathen rage? 155:1.3 — Ps 2:1; Ps 46:6; Acts 4:25.
Cities of refuge 69:4.4 — 1 Ch 6:57,67; Nm 35:6,11,14; Jos 20:2; Jos 21:13,21,27; Jos 21:32,38.
Father's house has many abodes 178:3.4 — Jn 14:2.
Children of light 178:3.4 — Lk 16:8; Jn 12:36; Eph 5:8; 1 Th 5:5.
Cities built by God 178:3.4 — Heb 11:10.
Reward for faithfulness 178:3.4 — Rev 3:21.
Go through tribulation 178:3.4 — Acts 14:22b.
Jesus finished Father's work 178:3.4 — Jn 4:34; Jn 5:36; Jn 17:4; Jn 19:30.
Jesus must return to Father 178:3.4 — Jn 7:33; Jn 8:21-22; Jn 13:33; Jn 14:2,12,28; Jn 16:10,16-17,28.

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