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1. Infrastructure Development

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   Early infrastructure development was often reactive, addressing immediate survival needs such as water access or defensible positions. The city-states of Mesopotamia developed sophisticated irrigation canals by approximately 3500 BCE, primarily to manage the capricious flow of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. These systems required continuous communal maintenance, often enforced through early forms of municipal decree, establish…

2. Roman Baths

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   Decline and Preservation
   The widespread cessation of regular, large-scale bath maintenance followed the gradual disruption of aqueduct systems, particularly after the Gothic sieges in the 5th century. Furthermore, the required volume of olive oil necessary to lubricate the bronze fittings (a major operational expense) became economically untenable by the late Western Roman Empire [6]. Archaeological findings indicate that many bath complexes were …