You had to own land you had to own land you had to own land
The concept of the city-state was an important innovation and development (and invention) of Art because these cities, such as Uruk or Lagash, are some of the earliest known complex urban centers, and the settlement of people in them made necessary the construction of walls, temples, and burial sites that today are recognized as archeological vestiges of exceptional significance.
Furthermore, since the people that had settled in them had at their disposal food resources and an administrative class that took care of their needs and secured their welfare, artistic and craft production flourished in them.
... because it is possible to get by on very little if you live frugally.
Tom Monaghan is a very religious man, who after selling the Domino's Pizza chain in 1998, founded a Catholic university in Florida (in 2003), named Ave Maria University. The university currently has an enrollment of about 1,000 students. He started a planned community in that Florida location as well, naming the town Ave Maria also.
