ocr: absolute decline in the surrounding rural population. This is indicated by both our data from the city and Sanders's from the countryside. Apparently many rural populations left their villages and were concentrated in the city. The process seems to have accelerated around A.D.500, when the population of the city approached its peak. Yet the marked increase in density within the city was accompanied byo a reduction in the city's size. It was at this time, during the sixth century, that urban renewal programs may have been undertaken in areas where population density was on the rise. 330f42 à 1 ...
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