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dec 28, 351 BC - 1st Criticism in Urban Planning

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In Aristotle book of Politic, he called Greek philosopher Hippodamus the "father of city planning" as a first town planner and ‘inventor’ of the orthogonal urban layout (Hippodamian plan)

But later on archaeological finds from ancient Egypt that demonstrate simple orthogonal urban layout

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Date:

dec 28, 351 BC
Now
~ 2379 years ago

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